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Law against high electricity prices coming in 2023

The Commission plans to present a legislative proposal for a new electricity market design next year. A Commission spokesman confirmed this to Europe.Table. A large-scale consultation is to begin already this fall.

By Manuel Berkel

Marcus Fedder ist ehemaliger Direktor der Internationalen Finanzfazilität für Impfprogramme und ehemaliger Leiter der Finanzabteilung der Europäischen Bank für Wiederaufbau und Entwicklung.

Innovative finance can help rebuild Ukraine

Ukraine will not be able to finance its huge postwar reconstruction needs on its own and should not count on reparations from Russia. But two innovative and recently proven mechanisms can help to bridge at least some of the funding gap.

By Redaktion Table

Spain's energy price cap becomes a model

The latest turmoil on the energy exchanges has reignited the debate about caps on electricity and gas prices. EU-wide price caps modeled on those in Spain are also being discussed, according to reports from Berlin. The economist Veronika Grimm does not think this is a good idea.

By Manuel Berkel

Electricity crisis: These are the causes

The gas crisis is now being joined by the climate crisis. The extraordinary scale of the drought that is currently affecting Europe puts pressure on power generation. In the domino game of the European internal energy market, this does not bode well for next winter.

By Claire Stam