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Just read “German Companies Take Back the Power As Electricity Costs Soar, Energy-Hungry Firms Have a Growing Incentive to Go Off the Grid” (subscription required) dated 3/3/2014.
In their nutty ways, the German government “has slapped a surcharge of about 22% on power bills for businesses and households. The levy first imposed in 2000, has nearly tripled since 2010.”
What An Irony Or Is It Insanity!
“Roughly 16% of German companies were producing their own power by the middle of last year, according to the Chamber of Commerce - up from about 10% a year earlier.”
Meanwhile it dawns on chancellor Angela Merkel to revise Germany’s energy laws.
