Brussels price ceiling electricity from sun and wind
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The Europeans pay financing to allow electricity producers that do not run on gas to participate in measures that must keep the energy bill for citizens. Companies that are linked to a price basis with solar panels, power plants connected to nuclear power plants, reports Reuters news agency on the basis of a document from the European Commission.
The draft of the commission states that the electricity producers have to relinquish the money they have above a certain maximum amount to national calculations. They should reduce the use of the energy bills of EU citizens. The document that has seen the first exploration of all options to mitigate soaring gas and electricity prices.
If a project starts being adopted, it would clash with “lucky taxes” some EU countries get for energy companies. They face an additional tax on the large profits they make from the huge rise in gas prices caused by the war in Ukraine. This additional tax, which, for example, Spain has coming, should therefore be abolished.
The document would also state that measures should be put in place to curb the demand for electricity. Earlier, EU countries agreed that they will reduce their gas consumption this winter. All measures are imperative, given the current energy crisis.
The energy ministers of the EU member states will meet on 9 September to discuss what they can do about high energy prices. Five days later, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, will present her proposals for emergency measures against the energy crisis.