Czechs approve taxes on carbon permits, solar
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC - The lower house of the Czech parliament approved taxes on solar power and carbon dioxide emissions allowances granted to electricity firms as a response to a boom in expensive solar energy.
The government aims to stem fast expansion in solar plants, which enjoy high price tariffs that power distributors must pay for solar power, with a 26 percent tax on solar power revenues.
A separate tax charging traditional electricity makers 32 percent of the value of carbon emissions permits granted to them for free in 2011 and 2012 is aimed to raise revenue to subsidize power prices raised by the rising proportion of solar power in the overall energy mix.
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The crisis in numbers: How COVID-19 has reshaped Saskatchewan
REGINA - We’re only just beginning to grasp how COVID-19 has upended Saskatchewan’s economy, its government and all of our lives.
The numbers that usually make headlines — job losses, economic contraction, bankruptcies — are still well behind the pace of the virus and its toll.
But other numbers change more quickly. Saskatchewan people are using less power. We’re racking up fewer speeding tickets. And as new restrictions come, we’re clicking onto Saskatchewan.ca as much as 10,000 times per minute.
Here’s some data that provides a first glimpse into how much our province has changed in just six weeks.
Electricity use tends to rise…
