Energy: Ramelow demands emergency aid for municipal energy suppliers

Thuringia's Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow has asked the federal government to put up a protective shield over municipal energy suppliers. The financial situation of many municipal utilities and other municipally owned energy suppliers is extremely tense given the high purchase prices for energy, Ramelow told the German Press Agency in Erfurt. After all, they are legally obliged to include every household in the basic supply of electricity and gas. "It's not enough for the federal government to step in with a billion-euro rescue package for the ailing energy company Uniper."