EU energy-intensive industries call for cap on grid charges

A coalition of European energy-intensive industries, including Fertilizers Europe, has called for an EU-wide cap on electricity network tariffs, warning that rising grid charges are becoming a “structural burden” on their global competitiveness and threatening investment in decarbonisation. Energy‑intensive industries (EIIs) say network costs should be limited so that industrial power prices can meet the Clean Industrial Deal’s key performance indicator of €50/MWh, not just for the wholesale energy component but for the full electricity bill.

The call comes just as the European Commission’s Fertilizer Action Plan, adopted in May 2026, promises support for gas exposed nitrogen plants and low carbon fertilizer projects – underlining that, for ammonia and nitrate producers, relief on grid costs will be as important as help on gas and carbon costs.