Germany plans to subsidise a basic level of electricity usage for households and set aside cheaper power for small and medium-sized businesses, according to measures set out in an Economy Ministry paper seen by Reuters on Thursday.
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The Swedish government said on Wednesday it would probably have a bigger buffer than it had previously expected to take on some of the soaring energy costs of households and businesses this winter.
read more... 02/09/2022
Germany’s energy and climate ministry expects to meet a target early to replenish the country’s gas stocks, ensuring households and industry will be supplied this winter, Der Spiegel reported at the weekend.
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The French government plans to continue to work to curtail the effect of rising energy prices on households next year, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said in remarks published on Saturday.
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Portugal's government will allow households and small businesses that buy natural gas in the liberalised market to move to regulated tariffs and avoid huge price increases announced by utility companies, the energy minister said on Thursday.
read more... 29/08/2022