A “Black Thursday” Energy prices skyrocket for millions of Britons 02/03/2022, 1:50 p.m A crisis in the cost of living in the UK has been on the cards for some time. In addition to inflation and tax increases, the factors now also include a ceiling for energy prices. A British think tank warns that the…
New rules for energy suppliers Intervention in price sovereignty has a stale aftertaste By Laura Esslinger 01/30/2022, 10:09 am Electricity and gas customers should be better protected against short-term and excessive prices – the federal government plans to change a law in the spring. However, the new regulation could still have a negative impact on…
energy price shock Gas costs 73 percent more than in 2021 01/28/2022 11:04 am Energy prices have risen drastically since last year. Consumers who cook and heat with gas now pay almost twice as much. The price of electricity has also increased by double digits, according to the BDEW. The industry association is calling for…
Sunday 16 January 2022 30,000 packs of socks Eon messes it up with British customers A pair of socks in the mail and a tip to turn down the heating – Eon customers in the UK don’t find that funny given the energy crisis. They vent their anger on social media. The company apologizes. Eon…
Friday January 14, 2022 Prefer to sell to wholesalers? Netzagentur investigates energy discounters Stromio, Grünwelt and Gas.de will stop delivering to hundreds of thousands of customers shortly before the end of the year. The suspected owner is now under investigation. Did he prefer to sell electricity and gas to wholesalers rather than to end customers?…
Saturday, January 08, 2022 Discounters pull rip cord Low-cost providers groan under high energy prices From Marina Zapf In the past year, many low-cost providers of electricity and gas fell victim to the high raw material prices. Your business model is simply no longer working. Customers are left behind. They are taken care of by…
Thursday, December 23, 2021 Without warning Stromio stops deliveries of electricity Once again, an electricity provider suddenly stopped delivering. Many thousands of customers are affected. The current flows anyway. Customers of the electricity discounter Stromio have not been supplied by the company since Wednesday. As Stromio GmbH announced on its homepage, all electricity supply contracts…
Thursday, December 23, 2021 Bankruptcies of energy discounters Dispute over tariff for released electricity customers After the bankruptcy of the energy discounter Stromio, there is a dispute over how to deal with its customers: Basic suppliers often demand high new customer rates. While consumer advocates complain, energy associations hold against it: Existing customers should not…
Saturday, December 18, 2021 Locations in North Rhine-Westphalia are threatened with failure RWE warns of gas shortages in power plants Some German gas storage facilities are almost empty after throttled deliveries from Russia. Despite promises from the Kremlin, too little natural gas is currently flowing to Germany. The energy supplier RWE is therefore already issuing…
Friday 10th December 2021 While prices continue to rise German Gazprom gas storage facilities are increasingly emptying In the face of skyrocketing prices, Putin promised Europeans additional gas supplies in October. But none of this has yet arrived in Germany. On the contrary: The German storage facilities of the Russian state-owned company Gazprom are emptier…
Wednesday, December 1st, 2021 State receives discount RWE is building Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm The energy supplier RWE prevails in the race for a billion-dollar project off the Danish coast. The demand for the permit to build a mega wind farm was so great that the government in Copenhagen can reap a bonus for…
Tuesday, November 23, 2021 Expansion of electricity and gas networks Eon is investing billions in the energy transition Germany’s largest energy supplier wants to become more climate-neutral and more customer-friendly. In the coming years, Eon will be relying on renewable energies and the digitization of the sales network. The group wants to invest a large…
