Dutch Float Alternatives to Speed Up TenneT’s German Grid Sale

The construction site of an electricity substation being built by TenneT near Wilster, Germany. 

Photographer: Morris MacMatzen/Getty Images
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The Netherlands is seeking ways to hasten the sale of Dutch utility TenneT Holding BV’s German power grid as talks to sell the unit to the government in Berlin drag on.

“The time is approaching for us to actively explore alternative routes,” Dutch Finance Minister Steven van Weyenberg said in a parliamentary committee on Wednesday.