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Comment by tgsovlerkhgsel

As a result of primarily this subsidy regime (with a small assist from very high taxes on electricity), consumer electricity prices in Germany are the second-highest in the EU: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/images/a/...

For non-household consumers, prices are more in line with the rest of the EU: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/images/a/... - and I suspect that statistic mixes small commercial consumers that pay residential rates and industrial ones, because to my knowledge, this subsidy is paid mostly by small consumers while industry and export are exempt...

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