Kommentar: Die hohen Strompreise sind kein unentrinnbares Schicksal
Eine aktuelle Analyse belegt: Die Strompreise in Deutschland bewegen sich im internationalen Vergleich auf hohem Niveau. Doch das müsste nicht so sein.
The high cost of electricity is not an inevitable fate, despite the German government's allocation of roughly 30 billion Euros to curb price levels. Despite this financial support, electricity prices continue to soar on an international scale, according to a recent analysis. This serves as yet another demonstration that structural issues cannot be permanently resolved with monetary assistance.
The 30 billion Euro injection of funds this year is set to be swiftly collected, with expenditures spanning various areas such as the subsidy for transmission network fees, industrial electricity rates, electricity price compensation, lowered electricity tax, and promotion of renewable energy sources. Each Euro allocated has a valid reason behind it.
Certain industries would face slow and steady decline in global competition if the federal government did not intervene financially. As reported, "Reiche verkündet plötzliche Freigabe – ‘Unternehmen können Strom mit zwei Instrumenten vergünstigen’."
However, this system proves to be costly and unsustainable. The case of transmission network fees exemplifies this clearly. Network operators must allocate hundreds of millions of Euros in the coming years to make the network future-proof, leading to a significant increase in these fees.
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