Germany will pay energy companies a total of 2.4 billion euros ($2.9 billion) in compensation for its policy of phasing out nuclear power completely by the end of 2022, Berlin said Friday. "The government has reached an agreement with EnBW, E.ON/PreussenElektra, RWE and Vattenfall," Germany's environment, finance and economy ministries said in a joint statement. kih/hmn/lth