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    Germany is trying to reduce emissions but now has the highest cost power in the world. This is what Australians will face in the future with the switch to windmills and solar panels.

    Cost of electricity in Germany reaches record high

    The price of electricity in Germany has been rising for years, but the increase in 2019 has been particularly high, according to the Federal Network Agency. Electricity prices now stand at their highest-ever level. And they’re not the only thing rising: consumers are having to dig deeper into their pockets to pay for gas as well.
    Electricity and gas prices on the rise in Germany

    Electricity has never been so expensive for private households in Germany as it was this year. According to calculations by the Federal Network Agency, in 2019 consumers had to pay an average of more than 30 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for the first time ever. On April 1, 2019, the average price was 30,85 cents per kWh, almost a cent more than at the same time last year.
    German electricity prices hit record high


    "In Germany rising electricity prices shows no signs of turning around.
    Makus Krebber, the chief financial officer of the energy giant RWE AG, also said in an interview in mid-last year that the German government would phase out nuclear power plants and intend to shut down coal-fired power plants. More expensive renewable energy fills the gap.
    ● In 2013, 300,000 households were unable to pay and were cut off
    A special article on the Spiegel Online website in 2013 stated that the monthly electricity bill for a family of three was nearly 90 Euros, about twice as much as in 2000. The rise in electricity prices has become a threat to low-income consumers, and has been a threat every year. 300,000 households were cut off because they were unable to pay their electricity bills, and the Catholic charity Caritas and other charities called it "energy-based poverty."
    The report pointed out that every time Stefan Becker of Caritas's Berlin office does home care, he always likes to bring some energy saving light bulbs, because there are still many people who use older, relatively cheap, light bulbs. Baker said that low-income people have to decide between spending more on more expensive energy-saving light bulbs and having hot food. "In other words, energy saving is good only when people can afford it."
 
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