The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Over 300,000 poverty-hit German homes have power cut off each year Each year between 2011 and 2015, electricity providers cut off power to at least 300,000 German households who could no longer afford to pay their bills, the government revealed on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170302/over-300000-poverty-hit-german-homes-have-power-cut-off-each-year Thu, 02 Mar 2017 12:46:48 +0100 over-300000-poverty-hit-german-homes-have-power-cut-off-each-year Electricity bills in Germany - how to keep your costs down Hundreds of German electricity providers have announced that they are raising prices starting on January 1st. But you can avoid it - and you'll probably save a lot of cash in the process. https://www.thelocal.de/20161124/heres-how-to-avoid-the-new-year-electricity-bill-hike Thu, 24 Nov 2016 13:39:31 +0100 heres-how-to-avoid-the-new-year-electricity-bill-hike Why your electricity bill is about to jump up at New Year Renewable energy subsidies and infrastructure costs will mean millions of Germans will be paying more for their electricity next year. https://www.thelocal.de/20161123/why-your-electricity-bill-is-about-to-go-up-at-new-year Wed, 23 Nov 2016 12:30:51 +0100 why-your-electricity-bill-is-about-to-go-up-at-new-year Overly generous Munich pays its bills twice The city of Munich has paid many contractors twice for work they have done for the town. But the answer isn't to be found in the famously generous Bavarian spirit. https://www.thelocal.de/20151119/generous-munich-pays-it-bills-twice Thu, 19 Nov 2015 10:43:12 +0100 generous-munich-pays-it-bills-twice