Germans Unable To Pay Power Bills…”Electricity Prices Have More Than Doubled”… “344,000 Households C

[rangerrebew]

Germans Unable To Pay Power Bills…”Electricity Prices Have More Than Doubled”… “344,000 Households Cut Off”

By P Gosselin on 9. April 2019
 

German political analysis and commentary site Freie Welt here has an article on how millions of  Germans are increasingly unable to afford electric power.

Germany’s Energiewende ‘ risks shorting out as millions struggle to pay their electricity bills. Image cropped here.

While a number of commodities such as electronics, electrical goods and computing power across the country – and the globe – have gotten much cheaper over the years due to development, the price of electricity in Germany has “more than doubled since 2000”.

5 million struggling to pay for their power

Almost all of this is due to the Germany’s ‘Energiewende’: the transition to renewable energies and away from nuclear power and fossil fuels like coal.

https://notrickszone.com/2019/04/09/germans-unable-to-pay-power-bills-electricity-prices-have-more-than-doubled-344000-households-cut-off/

[Idiot]

Germans Unable To Pay Power Bills…”Electricity Prices Have More Than Doubled”… “344,000 Households Cut Off”

By P Gosselin on 9. April 2019
 

German political analysis and commentary site Freie Welt here has an article on how millions of  Germans are increasingly unable to afford electric power.

Germany’s Energiewende ‘ risks shorting out as millions struggle to pay their electricity bills. Image cropped here.

While a number of commodities such as electronics, electrical goods and computing power across the country – and the globe – have gotten much cheaper over the years due to development, the price of electricity in Germany has “more than doubled since 2000”.

5 million struggling to pay for their power

Almost all of this is due to the Germany’s ‘Energiewende’: the transition to renewable energies and away from nuclear power and fossil fuels like coal.

https://notrickszone.com/2019/04/09/germans-unable-to-pay-power-bills-electricity-prices-have-more-than-doubled-344000-households-cut-off/

What were they thinking?  That renewables were free? 

[thackney]

German households and industry pay highest power prices in Europe
https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/german-households-and-industry-pay-highest-power-prices-europe
10 Jan 2019



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What German households pay for power
https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/what-german-households-pay-power
01 Apr 2019

Power prices in Germany are among the highest in Europe, not least due to the costs arising from the launch of renewable energy sources – but many customers continue to support the country's energy transition regardless. While wholesale electricity prices on average have been in decline in recent years, surcharges, taxes, and grid fees raise the bill for Germany's private households and small businesses. However, market observers say that the costs are often not even high enough for customers to look for alternatives.

Politically determined components of the power price have slightly fallen in 2018 but still account for more than half of what Germany’s households and small businesses pay with their power bill. Taxes, levies, and surcharges accounted for nearly 53 percent of a total household power price of 30.22 eurocents per kilowatt hour (ct/kWh), figures by utility and energy industry association BDEW show. Almost a quarter of the 2019 price (24.4 percent) results from regulated grid fees, which include metering and associated services. Over a fifth (22.8 percent) is set by the market, meaning the costs accruing from power supply and distribution that make up the wholesale power price and include the supplier’s margin.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

What were they thinking?  That renewables were free? 

I call it the "Merkel Tax"

[Sanguine]

Who could have predicted this? 

[GtHawk]

What were they thinking?  That renewables were free? 

I don't believe they 'think', they are baffled with bullshit and 'feelings by the Greens. I'll bet you dollars to donuts the 'migrants' aren't affected because the German people are no doubt subsidizing them, whether they want to or not.

[Smokin Joe]

Well, that's "sustainable"--NOT!.

[dfwgator]

Murkel Strikes Again!

[sneakypete]

Maybe they can talk their Muslim neighbors into allowing them to tap into their free electricity?

[sneakypete]

While a number of commodities such as electronics, electrical goods and computing power across the country – and the globe – have gotten much cheaper over the years due to development, the price of electricity in Germany has “more than doubled since 2000”.

@mrpotatohead

Of course. None of the Muslim or African refugees there have jobs or money,so THEIR food,housing,clothing,and ELECTRIC bills are paid by the taxes of German workers,who then can't afford to pay their own bills.