Electricity price shock in Austria: government endangers domestic energy future!

Electricity price shock in Austria: government endangers domestic energy future!

Österreich - On March 7, 2025, the new Austrian government in parliament passed a drastic decision to skim off in electricity systems. The measure, which represents a disproportionate burden for domestic electricity producers, is to bring 200 million euros to the state treasury. However, critics fear that these short -term income such as a boomerang will break back and lead to a decline in state income in the long term. According to the Prechtl-Grundnig from the industry council, this decision is particularly questionable because it falls in a phase in which massive investments in domestic energy production would be necessary. The measures could endanger the profitability of the electricity generation plants and lead to the fact that Austria is increasingly dependent on nuclear power imports. The highest urgency for investments would therefore be made in direct contradiction to this political decision, which was also enforced without transparent assessment, as oekonews.at reported.

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