Simplify the following text for a Grade 20 native English-speaking person.
Original: In the Austrian legislative election 2008 campaign , the Ã -- VP saw the lowering of brokerage commissions and the charges for arrears letters of debt collection agencies and winter fuel payments for lower-income households as appropriate economic recovery measures and the Greens sought to facilitate the changeover to renewable energy in order to reduce energy prices .
Simplified: In the Austrian legislative election 2008 campaign the Ã -- VP saw the lowering of brokerage commissions and the charges for arrears letters of debt collection agencies and winter fuel payments for lower-income households as appropriate measures against inflation and the Greens wanted to facilitate the changeover to renewable energy in order to reduce energy prices .