Need for energy policy reform “piling up” – parliamentary debate

The need for reform in German energy policy is “piling up” under the current grand coalition government, said Oliver Krischer, deputy leader of the Greens parliamentary group in a plenary debate on the economy and energy budget for 2019. Economy minister Peter Altmaier has travelled through Germany to attend “nice press events on grid development, but has not delivered laws or regulations,” said Krischer.
In his opening speech to the budget debate, Altmaier said he will make an effort to introduce a draft law on the planned special renewables auctions to the Bundestag still in September. He also announced that his government would present an industrial strategy together with the industry and workers representatives, which would secure a high level of industrial jobs in the future, as well as linking these traditional capacities with innovation in digitalisation.

Find the protocol of the plenary debate in German here.  

For background, read the CLEW article First 100 days - German government in disarray neglects energy policy.