German households will have to pay almost 500 euros ($509) more a year for gas after a levy was set to help utilities cover the cost of replacing Russian supplies, piling pressure on Berlin to come up with further relief measures for the public. Trading Hub Europe, the German gas market operator, said on Monday it had set the charge at 2.419 euro cents per kilowatt hour (kWh). The levy will be imposed from Oct. 1 and remain in place until April 2024 in a bid to help Uniper (UN01.DE) – the country’s largest importer of Russian gas – and other importers cope with soaring prices. For an average family of four, the charge will amount to an additional annual […]