Germany to shield consumers from rising electricity prices
Thursday 24 January, 2019 - 14:21
23 January 2019
Germany is planning to protect consumers and manufacturers from the impact of abandoning cheap coal-fired power, which Berlin is looking to ditch for environmental reasons, according to a government body's draft paper.
The Coal Commission, which is tasked with organising the exit from coal, said in a 133-page draft document seen by Reuters that companies and private households should be spared from heavy price increases.