German energy industry association welcomes EU ministers’ agreement
German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW)
Stefan Kapferer, managing director of the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW), welcomed the agreement by the EU member states’ energy ministers on the Union’s future energy policy, because it meant that the existing power price zones did not need to be split up, BDEW writes in a statement. “That’s important for a reliable and long-term grid development planning”, and ensured that businesses and households paid the same price for electricity, no matter where they lived in a country, said Kapferer. The ministers had agreed to give member states more time to develop their power grids, before examining a possible split of price zones independent from the national borders.
Read the statement in German here.
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