The debate about the controversial gas levy does not stop. According to new research by “Business Insider” (BI), the struggling company Uniper and other energy giants are said to have had a significant influence on the political decision on the gas levy (2.4 cents per kilowatt hour).
The idea for the controversial gas surcharge apparently came from those around the gas company Uniper and from rating agencies, reports BI. Accordingly, it only came about under pressure from the rating agencies, who wanted to downgrade Uniper’s creditworthiness.
In hectic and short-term negotiations, even the corporations are said to have co-written the relevant regulations. This was confirmed by several insiders from government circles to Wirtschafts-Magazin. Bosses of two large energy companies are said to have personally worked on the legal details with representatives of Uniper and officials from the Ministry of Economics and Finance.
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According to the report, the decisive negotiating factor was that initially the gas customers also wanted to participate 1:1 in the increased costs. But there were concerns from the Uniper competition. After BI, energy executives were unhappy that they had to make personal price adjustments to millions of customers, which would have resulted in billions in expenses.
The result: the gas levy as a so-called “backstop solution” was the result of negotiations. Now the energy giant Uniper can be saved after billions in losses. However, companies that do not need the gas levy at all and, on the contrary, made billions in profits, can also benefit. The criticism of it is growing.
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