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Germany: slight decrease in the renewable power surcharge for households
A surcharge incorporated since 2000 on German household electricity bills to aid support green energy will be cut for the first time, as stated by network companies on Wednesday.
read more... 16/10/2014
Germany: renewable energy surcharge might decline in 2015
A green power surcharge imposed to German consumers to sustain renewable electricity generation is expected to drop next year for the first time since it was instituted in 2000 as part of the country's effort to develop green power.
read more... 11/09/2014
Germany considers higher green energy surcharge on industry under new amended reform
Germany wants to amend the planned reform of its renewable policy Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG), as nation is striving to keep costs under control and to end a deadlock with the European Commission over green power subsidies.
read more... 25/06/2014
Ukraine: Gazprom threatened to be sued over high gas prices
Ukraine is threatening to take the Russian gas giant to court, accusing it of having inflated the price it charges Kiev for gas.
read more... 30/04/2014
GDF Suez: legal case lost on Belgian nuclear tax of 1 billion euros
The Belgian unit of the French utility GDF Suez declared that a Brussels court had decided in favor of the government in a case concerning approximately 1 billion euros ($1.4 billion) in taxes charged on its profits from producing nuclear power.
read more... 18/04/2014