Sinking electricity prices: 2025 threaten drastic additional costs!

Sinking electricity prices: 2025 threaten drastic additional costs!

Laimgrubengasse 10, 1060 Wien, Österreich - The turn of the year 2024/2025 brings significant additional costs for households in Austria. From January 2025, the electricity and gas invoices increase noticeably, above all due to higher network charges and the elimination of state grants. According to ots.at average households must expect up to 980 euros. The increase in costs with an average power consumption of 4,000 kWh becomes particularly serious, where the price increases can be between 200 and 290 euros.

These increases are primarily due to rising network charges, which can increase by 8 to 32 percent depending on the state. This is only slightly noticeable in Carinthia, while in Upper Austria the additional costs increase by almost 104 euros annually. Additional loads result from the increase in the CO2 prize and the restoration of the natural gas supply to 6.6 cents per cubic meter. Another important problem is the end of the electricity cost brake, which can cost up to 435 euros, such as the consumer platform 1komma5.com explained.

changes in energy law

A significant reform is also imminent in German energy law, which will come into force from April 2025 and prospect the introduction of time -variable network charges. This affects households that can choose special tariffs. Smart meters are required because they intelligently control the power consumption when the networks are overloaded. Such innovations could bring annual savings of up to 500 euros to consumers, reports 1komma5.com .