Water price ruling threatens municipal utilities
- From: Vol 11, Issue 3 (March 2010)
- Category: General
- Region: Europe
- Country: Germany
- Related Companies: Mainova and Veolia
A court ruling in favour of a 29% tariff cut at a German water utility may be the first of many. Is it time for a re-think on private sector involvement in the sector?
A February decision by Germany’s federal supreme court in Karlsruhe on the control of water prices has been heralded as a triumph for water customers by the cartel authority at the economics ministry in the state of Hessen.
The authority had battled a decision through the courts requiring the utility Enwag in Wetzlar to reduce its water prices by ...
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