"Alone in the coming year, the relief will reach up to €12 billion," said Chancellor Olaf Scholz in a statement.
In 2024 and 2025, electricity tax will be slashed from the current 1.537 cents per kilowatt to the European Union minimum of 0.05 cents per kilowatt for the manufacturing sector.
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The lowered tax could be extended for a further three years, said the government in a statement.
The most energy-intensive companies most vulnerable to international competition will also have costs related to their emissions trading reimbursed under the package.
The agreement on the help package for manufacturers came after weeks of hefty discussions between the industry and the German government. German companies, especially in sectors such as chemical and metal manufacturing, have struggled with a surge in power prices triggered by Russian energy supply cuts in the wake of Moscow's war in Ukraine.
The higher electricity costs have undercut German exporters' price competitiveness on the global stage.
For months, the economy ministry has been pushing for a cap for industrial power prices -- essentially a subsidy on electricity.
But the finance ministry had baulked at the huge costs and warned against market distortion.
The German economy tipped into recession at the start of the year and stagnated in the second quarter.
A string of weak economic data since then has added to fears of a prolonged downturn.
The International Monetary Fund has predicted that Germany will be the only major advanced economy to shrink this year.
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