Vattenfall chief warns new government: reduce electricity price by 5 cents? "Unfortunately, it's not that simple

Grid charges are currently driving electricity prices up many times. The new federal government wants to push the tariffs. In the RND interview, Vattenfall's head of Germany, Robert Zurawski, explains how his view of electric energy is permanently favourable.

Robert Zurawski, head of Germany at energy giant Vattenfall, has warned the new German government against making unrealistic promises regarding electricity price reductions. "Unfortunately, it's not that simple," Zurawski told the "Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland" (Thursday editions) when asked whether tariffs would be reduced by 5 cents per kilowatt hour next year. The CDU/CSU and SPD had agreed on this as a target in their coalition agreement. …

The coalition agreement of the new government promises a reduction in electricity prices by at least five cents per kilowatt hour. Solar energy can contribute a good part to this if the future support by the EEG and other regulations would focus on the simple and price value. Then the energy transition would not only go faster, but also with less resource consumption [...] The coalition agreement of the new government promises a reduction in ele…