If supply is ever not secured, electricity will have to be allocated — in plain language: the state will begin rationing electricity. In real life, we find ourselves caught in a pincer movement of insecure energy supply and ever-rising energy costs. The fact is that Germans are now paying the price for a centrally planned energy policy distorted by permanent subsidies. Unreliable electricity from intermittent sources and the illusion of renewable energy being available at all times have destroyed any form of serious energy strategy. Upon request, a spokesperson for the Federal Network Agency explained that the German electricity grid remains one of the most stable in the world.