Berlin (dpa -AfX) – According to Federal Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil, the Federal Cabinet also wants to get a electricity package on the way on Tuesday. This was announced by the SPD politician at the day of industry in Berlin. Klingbeil spoke of a package for competitive energy prices. It called the electricity tax, network charges and the gas storage levy. The aim is to lower energy prices.
The German economy has long been complaining about high energy prices in international comparison. Private households would also benefit from the electricity package.
In their coalition agreement, the CDU, CSU and SPD have announced that they can reduce electricity tax for everyone to the European minimum size and reduce the network fees. These have risen sharply in part of the electricity price and due to high costs for network expansion in recent years.
The Union and SPD also want to abolish the gas storage levy. This is part of the gas price. So far, gas customers have been paid to cover the costs for ensuring gas supply. The state should cover these costs in the future./Hoe/DP/MIS