Just
two
weeks
after
environment
minister
Peter
Altmaier
shocked
the
renewables
industry
with
a
proposal
to
freeze
a
surcharge
on
electricity
that
finances
feed-in
tariff
(FIT)
payments,
the
opposition
Green
Party
has
come
up
with
a
plan
of
its
own
to
amend
support
for
green
power.
The
Greens,
who
were
largely
responsible
back
in
2000
for
drafting
the
Renewable
Energy
Act
that
has
kick-started
the
sector
with
generous
FITs,
don’t
want
to
see
that
progress
destroyed.
On
the
surface,
the
Greens'
initiative
shows
similarities
to
Altmaier’s
proposals.
Like
Altmaier,
the
Greens
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