Earlier
Monday,
environment
minister
Peter
Altmaier
had
proposed
a
series
of
“emergency”
measures
to
keep
rising
costs
for
renewable
output
from
pushing
up
power
prices
to
consumers.
In
order
to
freeze
a
surcharge
on
electricity
prices
at
its
current
level
of
of
€0.0528
($0.071)
per
kW
hour
this
year
and
next,
the
minister
has
suggested
imposing
a
moratorium
on
feed-in
tariffs
(FIT)
for
new
renewable
power
plants,
or
even
temporary
cuts
in
payments
for
existing
projects.
Enercon
managing
director
Hans-Dieter
Kettwig
said
in
a
statement
that
the
company
welcomes
the
fact
that
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