Energy policy: Greens: Rich policy prevents cheap electricity prices
The minister of economic affairs is aiming for falling costs for consumers from the mid-2030s. Not with gas, counters Green parliamentary group deputy Julia Verlinden.
Berlin - The Green Party has denounced the expectation of falling electricity prices, voiced by Economy Minister Katherina Reiche (CDU), as unreliable. "It is itself responsible for dangerous dependence on expensive fossil fuels through the further expansion of fossil gas power plants," said Fraktionsvize Julia Verlinden of the German Press Agency.
Instead, massive expansion of renewable energy sources and storage facilities is needed. "Renewables are the guarantee for affordable electricity prices," the Green politician said. California and Spain have demonstrated how to replace expensive gas. "The Energy Minister prevents affordable electricity when she throws obstacles in the way of people wanting to install solar panels on their roofs and when she simultaneously fails to hold energy network operators accountable for finally making the grids ready for more renewable energy," Verlinden said.
Reiche told dpa that she expects medium-term reductions in German electricity prices - but this will only become apparent in the middle of the 2030s. The CDU politician also rejected criticism that her reform plans would slow down the energy transition.
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