EU's electrification push has affordability at its heart
By Louis de Briant ( July 13, 2026, 14:14 GMT | Comment) -- Lowering electricity bills and narrowing the price gap between electricity and gas sits at the heart of the European Commission's Electrification Action Plan, with a leaked draft pairing reforms to electricity pricing and network charges with tax incentives and support for key technologies. The package seeks to reduce the cost of electrification for households and businesses while strengthening the bloc's energy security.Making electricity cheaper relative to gas has emerged as the European Commission's central strategy for accelerating electrification, with a leaked draft of its Electrification Action Plan combining reforms to electricity bills and network charges to reduce the bloc's dependence on imported fossil fuels....
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