Prime Minister - Haseloff criticizes traffic light decision on grid fees
Saxony-Anhalt's Minister President Reiner Haseloff (CDU) has criticized the agreement reached by the coalition leaders in the federal government on the budget. The CDU politician said in Magdeburg on Wednesday that anyone who protects the environment and expands renewable energies is being punished. "That can't be right," said Haseloff with regard to the grid fees. "We need a solution here."
Grid fees are a component of the electricity price. The leaders of the traffic light coalition want to cancel a planned billion-euro subsidy for the fees. The coalition had actually planned a federal subsidy of up to 5.5 billion euros for the coming year to proportionally finance the transmission grid costs.
More wind power is now generated in the northern and eastern states than is consumed there. Because the electricity grid has to be expanded at great expense to transport this to the south, the grid fees, which have so far been calculated regionally, are rising. The states in the north-east have therefore been calling for a greater harmonization of grid fees for some time, so that electricity costs are ultimately cheaper where a lot of energy is generated from wind and sun.
Haseloff also expressed his relief that, despite the budget crisis, the traffic light government is sticking to the billions in subsidies for industrial projects in eastern Germany. These include subsidies for Intel's chip factories in Magdeburg and TSMC in Dresden. Haseloff said that they had worked very hard on this. The US manufacturer Intel is planning to build chip factories in Magdeburg. The investment amounts to around 30 billion euros and the state intends to contribute around ten billion euros.
Saxony-Anhalt's head of government also reiterated the need for low energy prices for the economy. "Energy prices, as they are now, will put us at risk as an industrial state," said Haseloff. If this remains the case, jobs will be lost every day. "This is a situation that cannot continue. We will not be able to survive as an industrialized country and therefore also as a welfare state."
State Green Party leader Dennis Helmich explained that the traffic light coalition in the federal government remains capable of taking action and that strong climate protection is one of its brand cores. "The budget strengthens climate protection, German competitiveness and social cohesion," said Helmich.
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Source: www.stern.de
