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Greece: 1.9 billion-euro subsidy for September power hikes

FILE - The sun sets behind electricity posts on the Aegean Sea island of Tilos, southeastern Greece, Monday, May 9, 2022. Greece will provide 1.9 billion euros ($1.89 billion dollars) in subsidies for September to help households and businesses cope with increasing energy prices, the environment and energy minister announced on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File) FILE - A part of a new solar park is seen from above near Kozani city, northern Greece, on Friday, June 3, 2022. Greece will provide 1.9 billion euros ($1.89 billion dollars) in subsidies for September to help households and businesses cope with increasing energy prices, the environment and energy minister announced on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File) FILE - A truck passes near electricity posts as a power plant is seen in the background, near Kozani city, northern Greece, on Thursday, June 2, 2022. Greece will provide 1.9 billion euros ($1.89 billion dollars) in subsidies for September to help households and businesses cope with increasing energy prices, the environment and energy minister announced on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File) FILE - Steam rises from a cooling tower at the Agios Dimitrios power plant of Public Power Company (PPC) outside Kozani city, northern Greece, on Friday, June 3, 2022. Greece will provide 1.9 billion euros ($1.89 billion dollars) in subsidies for September to help households and businesses cope with increasing energy prices, the environment and energy minister announced on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)
Greece: 1.9 billion-euro subsidy for September power hikes