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German gas subsidy plan may raise prices
German plans to subsidise households’ gas bills from next year risk impairing competition between suppliers and ultimately raising prices, the Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) said on Friday.
read more... 07/11/2022
Swedish grid operator proposes $5 bln power price subsidy
Sweden's national power grid operator proposed on Thursday that the government spend 55 billion Swedish crowns ($5.05 billion) this year on subsidies to households and businesses hit by unusually high energy costs.
read more... 28/10/2022
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Germany to cap electricity prices by taxing excess profits
Germany's government plans to introduce a cap on electricity prices for households and industry to ease the impact of soaring energy costs, a ministry document seen by Reuters on Wednesday showed.
read more... 20/10/2022
Poland to cap power prices for households, small business
Poland will set a maximum electricity price of 785 zlotys ($156.61) per megawatt hour (MWh) for small businesses and entities such as hospitals and 693 zlotys/MWh for households in 2023, the country's prime minister said on Tuesday.
read more... 12/10/2022
Czech government clears way for price caps on electricity, gas
The Czech government cleared the way on Wednesday to impose caps on electricity and gas prices for households, public institutions and small companies for 2023 as the country faces soaring prices pushed higher by the war in Ukraine.
read more... 07/10/2022