Comments on: Hamburg citizens vote to buy back energy grid https://energytransition.org/2013/10/hamburg-citizens-buy-back-energy-grid/ The Global Energiewende Wed, 02 Aug 2017 23:04:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 By: Making Climate Change Sexy – BUZZEECHA https://energytransition.org/2013/10/hamburg-citizens-buy-back-energy-grid/#comment-5822 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 23:04:49 +0000 http://energytransition.boellblog.org/?p=4535#comment-5822 […] transition to green energy where citizens from major cities like Hamburg and Berlin are voting to take power back from private energy companies and putting them under public control. Or consider the lobbying of Boulder, Colorado citizens in […]

]]> By: John Liddiard https://energytransition.org/2013/10/hamburg-citizens-buy-back-energy-grid/#comment-3997 Mon, 16 Jun 2014 23:54:33 +0000 http://energytransition.boellblog.org/?p=4535#comment-3997 It is great to see some grids are coming back into public ownership after that abortive sell off of public assets .
The argument of governments at the time was it would lead to cheaper power anyone with one brain cell could see that this was not going to happen. I can’t think of one public asset that has been privatized which has improved the service and lowered thr price to the consumers .

]]> By: Energiewende: Newtonian Laws Applied | Awk Meets World https://energytransition.org/2013/10/hamburg-citizens-buy-back-energy-grid/#comment-3996 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 09:25:11 +0000 http://energytransition.boellblog.org/?p=4535#comment-3996 […] produced in Germany comes from small producers like citizens who are taking more initiatives to accelerate the transition even more. Thus, the successful acceleration of the Energiewende is directly […]

]]> By: Rete elettrica come bene comune. Le municipalità tedesche la rivogliono | Teris energia https://energytransition.org/2013/10/hamburg-citizens-buy-back-energy-grid/#comment-3995 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 10:40:00 +0000 http://energytransition.boellblog.org/?p=4535#comment-3995 […] di settembre un referendum ad Amburgo che ha visto la cittadinanza votare al 51% per riportare alla proprietà comunale le reti di gas, […]

]]> By: UN climate talks: pit-stops on the road to nowhere? | Red Pepper https://energytransition.org/2013/10/hamburg-citizens-buy-back-energy-grid/#comment-3994 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 12:24:55 +0000 http://energytransition.boellblog.org/?p=4535#comment-3994 […] up from there. For instance in Hamburg, Germany, more than half of the population recently voted to re-communalize electricity, gas and district heating networks which are currently in the hands of multinational energy companies Vattenfall and Eon. The reported […]

]]> By: Rete elettrica come bene comune. Le municipalità tedesche la rivogliono | Terracina Social Forum https://energytransition.org/2013/10/hamburg-citizens-buy-back-energy-grid/#comment-3993 Mon, 03 Feb 2014 14:47:28 +0000 http://energytransition.boellblog.org/?p=4535#comment-3993 […] di settembre un referendum ad Amburgo che ha visto la cittadinanza votare al 51% per riportare alla proprietà comunale le reti di gas, […]

]]> By: The grip of privatisation on our vital services has to be broken | Seumas Milne | Comment is free | The Guardian | Parchment in the Fire https://energytransition.org/2013/10/hamburg-citizens-buy-back-energy-grid/#comment-3992 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 06:56:14 +0000 http://energytransition.boellblog.org/?p=4535#comment-3992 […] (Newcastle is currently attempting to take back bus routes). In September, the people of Hamburg voted to bring back the power supply into municipal ownership. Berlin is set to follow suit this coming […]

]]> By: Thomas Gerke https://energytransition.org/2013/10/hamburg-citizens-buy-back-energy-grid/#comment-3991 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 10:29:34 +0000 http://energytransition.boellblog.org/?p=4535#comment-3991 @Robert Nance:
Power to a local operator controlled by the local government, which is democratically controlled by the citizens of Hamburg.

In contrast to the current owner of the grid “Vattenfall”, which is owned by the Swedish Government.

]]> By: Robert Nance https://energytransition.org/2013/10/hamburg-citizens-buy-back-energy-grid/#comment-3990 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 19:37:18 +0000 http://energytransition.boellblog.org/?p=4535#comment-3990 Power to the people, my *****. Power to the government! They must be nuts.

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