Everybody seems to want to cut the link between gas and power prices these days. But this is not a good idea. lectricity is hard to store and physically needs to balance supply and demand at all times. This can be done (well) by a centralized administrative system, like we used to have until the 80s, but we've moved toward a market system that works on marginal pricing. The issue is that demand is very inelastic in the short term (to simplify: you don't check the price before switching on the light), so the balancing is mostly done on the supply side. But demand is not flat, and is actually very peaky (on a daily basis, and then with seasonal additional fluctuations). The marginal supply that can fulfill demand at the peak is only going to used a few times per year, and thus structurally needs to be expensive, so that it can be profitable. That's ok in normal times when such peaks are rare and localized.
Sorry but the nuclear shock comes first and foremost from the 30TWh of nuclear lost in Germany when it was decide to retire Gundremmingen, Brokdorf, and Grohnde plants in December 2021.
Sorry but the nuclear shock comes first and foremost from the 30TWh of nuclear lost in Germany when it was decide to retire Gundremmingen, Brokdorf, and Grohnde plants in December 2021.