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- Many European countries are introducing policies to try and curb the impact of rising energy prices on households and businesses. Germany is giving a $300 one-off energy allowance to workers, while Italy is giving workers and pensioners a $200 cost-of-living bonus. Some utility companies are also receiving bailouts.
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Dec 21, 2022 · Individual countries, and the European Union (EU), have announced support schemes for consumers. Here's what they're doing: The EU. In 2021, the EU imported 40% of its gas from Russia - so many...
- Energy crisis: How countries are dealing with rising prices - BBC
Household gas and electricity bills are going up across...
- Energy crisis: How countries are dealing with rising prices - BBC
- Germany
- Spain
- France
- Italy
- Bulgaria
- The UK
- Greece
- Ireland
The German government said it plans to scrap a surcharge on electricity bills used to support renewable power. This would see a cut to the green surcharge that appears on home energybills from 6.5 cents per kilowatt-hour to 3.7 cents. The government is also putting €130 million in subsidies in place for lower income households. Eligible households ...
Spain cut several taxes to try to reduce consumer bills, originally planning to maintain the lower rates until the end of the year, before deciding in December to keep them lower until May 2022. The government also aims to raise €2.6 billion through a tax on the increased profits energy companies are set to enjoy from the soaring prices.
With the French presidential election looming in April, a cost of living crisis is the last thing Emmanuel Macron wants as he maps out his route to a second term, and his government acted quickly to address the situation. The state energy giant EDF was forced to take an €8.4 billion hit and limit energy bill hikes to 4 per cent this year in a bid t...
Italy was contending with high energy prices even before the recent rises. In an effort to stop prices for consumers spiralling, the Italian government has spent more than €8 billion since July to curb hikes in retail energy bills. This has included tax cuts on gas and reducing charges used to help finance renewable energy. There have also been add...
Over a quarter of Bulgarians struggle to heat their homes due to a combination of poor insulation, cold winters and high levels of poverty. This problem has been exacerbated by the recent rise in energy prices. In response, the Bulgarian government has frozen regulated electricity and heating prices until the end of March. However, only 10 per cent...
The British government announced on Thursday that millions of households will receive energy bill discounts totalling £350 (€416) to combat the impacts of the rise in energy prices. An expansion of the Warm Homes Discount scheme, a one-off discount on a household’s electricity bill, was also announced so that three million people could benefit from...
Greece has announced a 2 per cent increase in the minimum wage and will cut property tax rates by a further 13 per cent to help households struggling with rising inflation and higher energy costs, prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said.
The Irish government has planned a €113 energy rebate to every household. This week, the Tánaiste (Ireland’s deputy prime minister) Leo Varadkar said that government leaders are working on a package of measures to address the rising costs of living, but he did not give any specifics. Opposition party Sinn Féin criticised the government's inaction o...
Sep 29, 2022 · Many European countries are introducing policies to try and curb the impact of rising energy prices on households and businesses. Germany is giving a $300 one-off energy allowance to workers, while Italy is giving workers and pensioners a $200 cost-of-living bonus.
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Jan 30, 2022 · Household gas and electricity bills are going up across Europe as the continent's energy crisis bites. Soaring global prices of natural gas, which is used to heat homes and generate...
Oct 31, 2022 · In the second half of 2021, the EU saw a significant increase in wholesale energy prices. One of the main drivers was the surge in global energy demand, as most countries emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic. This led to tighter supply, resulting, for instance, in lower volumes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports to Europe.
Oct 13, 2021 · EU countries are largely responsible for their national energy policies, and EU rules allow them to take emergency measures to protect consumers from higher costs.
Sep 2, 2022 · Here are some of the policies Britain, Norway and European Union member states have announced to help shield consumers (in alphabetical order): BRITAIN. Britain has capped the price of average...
