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German utility RWE would be 鈥渕erely a sort of 鈥榖ad bank鈥� of the energy business鈥� without the 75 percent share in its renewable spin-off innogy, and RWE's problems are self-inflicted, writes Andreas Becker in an opinion piece for Deutsche Welle. 鈥淭he fact that RWE's payment to [the nuclear clean-up fund] has now shown up on the books as a record annual loss proves once again that RWE and Germany's other big electricity utilities have lived very well for decades off a cash-cow business for whose considerable risks they made very little financial provision, preferring instead to pay out generous dividends to shareholders,鈥� writes Becker. RWE had announced a multi-billion euro write-down for 2016. Further write-downs were assured if 鈥渁dditional constraints on coal-fired power plants鈥� were put in place after the autumn parliamentary elections when discussions on a coal phase-out could gain new momentum, writes Becker.

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For background read the 麻豆无码版 factsheet Securing utility payments for the nuclear clean-up.