{"id":257857,"date":"2023-05-17T16:11:42","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T14:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=257857"},"modified":"2023-05-17T16:11:52","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T14:11:52","slug":"germanys-federal-network-agency-plans-to-ration-electricity-as-electric-power-crisis-heightens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=257857","title":{"rendered":"Germany\u2019s Federal Network Agency Plans To Ration Electricity As Electric Power Crisis Heightens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By\u00a0P Gosselin<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/em>16. May 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The greatest energy folly of all time\u2026 Germany restricts electricity supply while ramping up demand! Rationing unavoidable<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nowadays it seems Germany is doing everything possible to warp-speed ruin itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If today\u2019s German leaders were driving a car and wanted to go faster, they would ease off the gas pedal and slam on the brakes  \u2013 and hope it works! That\u2019s basically how they\u2019re handling the country\u2019s energy crisis. Some would understandably equate it all to lunacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>Soon this may be what Germans with heat pumps and electric cars are going to be seeing next winter.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Going electric while shutting down power plants<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While leaders demand citizens quickly switch over to electric mobility and heat pump systems, thus placing ever huger demands on the power grid, they are reacting by shutting off nuclear and fossil fuel power plants, thus making electricity even more scarce than it already is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rationing becoming unavoidable<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Germany\u2019s energy shortages intensify, it\u2019s no surprise that rationing is becoming only way out. And so the Federal Network Agency now proposes that grid operators be allowed to ration electricity in the future to avoid possible overloads caused by charging e-cars and heat pumps. This how grid overloads are to be avoided in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nightmare for companies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Companies planning to set up shop in Germany may want to think again if they plan on using electricity. Firstly prices have soared and are among the highest in the world, and secondly: don\u2019t expect the supply to be reliable as brownouts are now in the plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even worse for private citizens<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For private  consumers, it gets even worse. According to the plan, beginning already in 2024, grid operators are to be empowered \u201cto temporarily restrict electricity purchases from private charging stations and heat pumps to avoid peak loads,\u201d reports Blackout News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have blankets ready<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf it is proven that the grid could be overloaded, the distribution grid operator has the right to reduce the power,\u201d said Klaus M\u00fcller, head of the Federal Network Agency in an interview with BR24<\/a>. In other words, if it\u2019s January and -10\u00b0C outside, your heat pump may be remotely switched off. Have blankets ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Power grid totally inadequate<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another problem is the lack of power grid upgrades that are necessary to handle the huge extra demand for power that heat pumps and electric cars will create. The result: severe supply bottlenecks and overloads. Again, the only measure available for the challenge will be rationing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lower electric rates for those who have to freeze<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn order to avoid delays in the connection of heat pumps and charging stations, an additional control option by the distribution grid operator is necessary, reports Blackout News. \u201cIn the end, a corresponding control means nothing other than a rationing of electricity purchases. As compensation for the affected consumers, it is envisaged that they will receive a reduction in their grid fees.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Criticism mounts (finally)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A number of industry associations have widely criticized the \u201cunilateral and unlimited throttling\u201d of the power supply and warn this would mean \u201cconsiderable restrictions for consumers and thus also limit consumer acceptance of heat pumps and electric cars\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unless Germany radically changes course in its energy policy, citizens who heat their homes with heat pumps and travel with electric cars may find themselves often stranded in unheated homes in the wintertime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greatest energy folly of all time?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No one could have imagined a folly of this scale less than 2 years ago, just before the current Socialist-Green government took over the reins of power at the end of 2021. Other countries may want to avoid the idiotic German path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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