āFederal states quarrel about power grid costsā
Germanyās federal states continue to disagree on the planned reform of the countryās electricity grid fee structure, writes Klaus Stratmann in Handelsblatt. It follows economy minister Sigmar Gabrielās backtracking on plans to standardise fees across the country. State economy minister of North Rhine-Westphalia Garrelt Duin welcomes the current draft, while energy transition minister of Schleswig-Holstein Robert Habeck told Handelsblatt: āSmall-state mentality kills the Energiewende.ā
Consumers in rural areas with strong renewables development currently pay higher fees, as the grid must be expanded there to transmit more wind power to Germanyās industrial west and south. Additionally, measures by grid operators to ensure the stability of a power grid coping with more volatile renewable power are growing more frequent. This is the case mostly in eastern and northern German states.
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For background read the Āé¶¹ĪŽĀė°ę factsheet Re-dispatch costs in the German power grid and the Āé¶¹ĪŽĀė°ę dossier The energy transition and Germanyās power grid.