Tag: gas price brake
“No room for negotiation” on energy price brakes for industry
Robert Habeck at the Paper Summit 2022 The larger the company, the greater the concerns in Brussels, explained the Federal Minister of Economics. (Photo: IMAGO/Mike Schmidt) Berlin Federal Economics Minister…
Who has to partially repay the reliefs
gas bill Private households receive state aid to relieve them of the high gas costs. (Photo: dpa) Berlin If you have a high income, you have to pay tax on…
FDP wants to skim profits from wind and solar park operators – but with one exception
Wind turbines in Rhineland-Palatinate The renewables industry warns of an investment freeze if new plants are also affected by the excess profit tax. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The FDP parliamentary group…
FDP wants to limit profit skimming from renewables
Wind turbines in Rhineland-Palatinate The renewables industry warns of an investment freeze if new plants are also affected by the excess profit tax. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The FDP parliamentary group…
Who has to partially repay reliefs
gas bill Private households receive state aid to relieve them of the high gas costs. (Photo: dpa) Berlin If you have a high income, you have to pay tax on…
Who has to partially repay reliefs
Finance Minister Christian Lindner The traffic light coalition wants to partially tax income from the gas price brake. The Ministry of Finance has now presented a concept. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin…
Who has to partially repay reliefs
Finance Minister Christian Lindner The traffic light coalition wants to partially tax income from the gas price brake. The Ministry of Finance has now presented a concept. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin…
The ban on bonuses and dividends becomes a point of contention in the gas price brake
Rolf Mützenich (SPD, left), Britta Haßelmann (Greens) and Christian Dürr (FDP) The leaders of the traffic light groups need to talk about the possible bonus and dividend ban as part…
The ban on bonuses and dividends becomes a point of contention in the gas price brake
Rolf Mützenich (SPD, left), Britta Haßelmann (Greens) and Christian Dürr (FDP) The leaders of the traffic light groups need to talk about the possible bonus and dividend ban as part…
Gas price brake and electricity price brake should apply retrospectively from January
Berlin The electricity and gas price brake should apply retrospectively from January. The federal government decided on Tuesday. This means that the last disputes surrounding the planned reduction in energy…
Gas and electricity price brakes are to apply retrospectively from January
Gas stove with flame The federal government is reacting to the sharp rise in energy prices with energy price brakes worth billions. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The electricity and gas price…
The excess profit skimming becomes a bureaucratic monster
Wind turbines in Lower Saxony The revenue cap should be defined separately for each individual system. (Photo: dpa) The planned skimming off of excess profits does not end well. The…
The recommended gas price brake wastes public funds
BASF factory The Ludwigshafen company would benefit greatly from the gas price brake. (Photo: AP) The expert commission for gas and heat presented its final report last week with a…
Ministry of Economics presents draft law for gas price brake
gas storage From March 2023, household and commercial customers are to receive 80 percent of their annual consumption from their natural gas supplier at a price of twelve cents per…
Consumer advocate Ramona Pop is concerned about the preservation of jobs
Berlin The head of the Federal Association of Consumer Organizations (VZBV), Ramona Pop, has warned of permanent damage to the German economy due to the energy price crisis. “It is…
The energy price flat rate is the better alternative to the gas price brake
heating High gas prices weigh on consumers. (Photo: dpa) True to the motto “If you don’t know what to do anymore, set up a working group”, the Federal Government set…
Gas traders stop LNG ships at sea – waiting for better LNG prices
LNG tanker Many fully loaded ships are currently waiting off the European coasts. (Photo: © 2021 Bloomberg Finance LP) Dusseldorf The “Seishu Maru” has been bobbing between The Hague and…
Relief: price brake, 49-euro ticket – results of the country conference
Prime Ministers Conference Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (2nd from left, SPD), Stephan Weil (l, SPD), Prime Minister of Lower Saxony, and Hendrik Wüst (2nd from right, CDU), Prime Minister of…
Government energy aid is necessary, but not a permanent solution
Chancellor Scholz, Economics Minister Habeck and Finance Minister Lindner Olaf Scholz, Robert Habeck and Christian Lindner with the report of the Gas Expert Commission. (Photo: AP) It’s difficult to keep…
Relief: price brake, 49-euro ticket – results of the country conference
Berlin The federal and state governments are largely in agreement on how they want to relieve consumers and companies in the face of high energy prices and inflation. This emerges…