Heating costs decrease: Households in Eastern Austria benefit 2024!

Heating costs decrease: Households in Eastern Austria benefit 2024!

Despite the increasing energy costs for 2025, there is positive news for households: A current examination by Techem has shown that many households can expect falling heating costs for 2024. This development is mainly due to the mild winter temperatures and sunken energy prices. In the second quarter of 2025, the billing is likely to be cheaper than in 2023, whereby there are regional differences. Especially in the east of Austria, the households experience significant savings from lower heating requirements, while higher energy consumption is recorded in the West, as 5min.at

The heating mirror for Germany 2024 also predicts a decline in heating costs, with one exception - the costs for district heating that are expected to increase by 21 percent. Households in Germany already benefited from a decline in heating costs in 2023: on average, there was a decline of 10 percent in the gas heating. In addition, up to 90 percent of households can reduce costs, which is up to 1,095 euros per year, due to declining energy prices and state price brakes. These price brakes had entered into force in 2023 and limited the costs for gas, district heating and electricity, so mieterbund.de .

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The examination shows that gas prices were reduced by 16.8 percent, while heat and heating oil were also cheaper. Only electricity prices rose by 1.2 percent. The valuable information on saving energy costs and the necessary awareness of energy consumption are supported by the heating mirror, which is available on the Internet at Heizspiegel.de and helps every consumer to check your own heating energy consumption and get savings tips.