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By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal is already transferring hundreds of millions of euros of excess profits made by electricity and gas companies from spiralling energy prices to consumers and sees no immediate need for a windfall tax, its finance minister said on Wednesday. The European Union’s executive outlined plans on Wednesday to raise more than 140 billion euros ($140 billion) to soften the blow to consumers from soaring energy prices by skimming off revenues from electricity generators that do not use expensive gas. The proposals would also make fossil fuel firms share wind…