Talks on Germany’s future electricity market are heating up as all parties await a key analysis from grid operators amid looming threats from Brussels to split up the country’s wholesale market bidding zone. Currently, all Germans pay the same price for electricity, whether they live in the wind-powered north or the coal-dependent industrial south. But pressure for change is building up. While France also applies a single electricity tariff to household consumers, other large European countries like Italy or Sweden price electricity depending on location. Smaller electricity pricing zones are considered more ... (full story)