The high electricity costs weigh on the energy-intensive industry.
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Berlin A discounted electricity tariff for German industry cannot be ruled out. It has now been four months since Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) presented his concept for a “bridge electricity price”. He had proposed that energy-intensive industrial companies be guaranteed an electricity price of six cents per kilowatt hour for 80 percent of historical consumption.
Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) rejected the plan immediately. Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) recently spoke out against an industrial electricity price, and the EU Commission is just as skeptical.
But the debate has developed a dynamic that is rarely seen. The SPD parliamentary group and party leadership have positioned themselves against the chancellor. The state governments are also calling for an industrial electricity price across all parties. Business associations and trade unions have spoken out in favor of the subsidy in several alliances.
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