Energy costs
Chancellor’s head open for readjustment with electricity tax
Are you experiencing the Union and SPD your heat pump disaster, which the traffic light has damaged? The fact that the citizens go away empty -handed in the reduction in electricity tax causes trouble. But is that the last word?
In the dispute over the reduction of electricity tax only for companies, Chancellor’s head Thorsten Frei has been openly shown openly to readjusting so that private households also get relief. He was ready to talk about everything, said the CDU politician in the “Report from Berlin” of the ARD. But: “You just have to see where the money comes from.” You would then need a replacement in the federal budget.
“If there are suitable options for this and it is consensual in the coalition as a whole, then this is a way that you can talk about. I am basically open.” Free was asked whether he could imagine deleting the promotion of heat pumps in order to reduce electricity tax for private households.
At the same time, the Minister of Chancellery pointed out that the controversial cabinet resolution also provides for relief for citizens. Relief from January 1, 2026, for example, the network charges and a painting of the gas storage levy for consumers are planned. “So there is a significant relief for all citizens and also for all parts of the economy, not just for the manufacturing trade.”
Union and SPD had decided in the coalition agreement to reduce electricity tax for everyone to the European minimum. The coalition also wanted to “do as quickly as possible,” said Frei. If you find better solutions in the following budget consultations in the Bundestag, it is very open to further reduce electricity tax.
dpa
Source: Stern
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