Photo: DPAEach year between 2011 and 2015, electricity providers cut off power to at least 300,000 German households who could no longer afford to pay their bills, the government revealed on Thursday. The number of houses which could not afford electricity payments varied between 312,000 and 352,000. The power cut-offs were normally due to poverty, with people on state welfare very often affected. Meanwhile in 2015, 44,000 households had their gas supply cut off. “Many people are ashamed of the fact they can’t pay their bills.

Source: The Local March 02, 2017 10:47 UTC