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VDEW's claim was general, that electricity prices increase due to state surcharges (the title of the linked press release translates to: "State makes electricity bill more expensive"). That they grew is not a question, how different parts grew matters only inasmuch as VDEW was 'creative' in its interpretation of statistics; what matters is that they again chose to emphasize the state part, while most of the increase this year was from them - and did so simply by not publishing the complete statistics.
Anyway, here is the structure of the German private electricity bill, from the point of view of traditional producers/grid owners:
Anyway, just to give you an idea, here are the average-home figures for 1998 and 2004, with the above notation:
1998 1+2+3 (="netto"): 37.60
They just state in a sentence that they did the calculation, and give a rough brutto/netto ratio.
Maybe the sensationalist "Lie" in the title was what misled you, I shall change it to "Spin".
(I guess they'll release the final numbers in early 2006 all fine, with full details, and a much milder spin - this press release must have had chanchellor-to-be Merkel and her future economy minister as their target, just when they decide on policy.) *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
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