Electricity flat rate instead of price per kilowatt-hour
Technology Review
The decentralised energy system based largely on renewable sources could change the way consumers pay for power, Eva Augsten reports in Technology Review. Power and heat from wind and solar cause hardly any operating costs, but instead need a relatively expensive infrastructure, including storage and steering technology. Once this infrastructure is paid for, the costs of higher usage is minimal, similar to the telecommunications system. Consumers could be offered flat rates and package tariffs, the article says.
Read the article in German here.
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