The EU Commission extends an in-depth investigation into Germany’s plans to compensate lignite-fired power plants for early closure as part of the ’European Green Deal’ program (RWE / LEAG)

State aid: Commission extends in-depth investigation into Germany's plans for early closure of lignite-fired power plants* The European Commission has extended the scope of its ongoing in-depth inquiry into Germany's plans to compensate lignite-fired power plants operators for the early phase out. The extended investigation concerns an amendment to the agreement between Germany and RWE for the accelerated lignite phase-out in the Rhenish lignite mining area. In March 2021, the Commission opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether Germany's plan to compensate RWE and