Electricity and gas prices will rise in 2025: higher costs for Lower Austrians!

Electricity and gas prices will rise in 2025: higher costs for Lower Austrians!

At the turn of the year 2025, there will be a drastic increase in network costs for electricity and gas customers in Lower Austria. From January 1st, households with an annual electricity consumption of 3,500 kilowatt hours will have to expect a network fee of 10.02 cents per kilowatt hour, which corresponds to an increase of 32.2 percent compared to 2024. This means an additional financial burden of over 100 euros per year for consumers, as ORF reports. Lower Austria has the highest increase in Austria, followed by Vienna and Styria with equally significant increases.

Consequences for gas customers and overall development

The situation is similar with gas prices, where consumers have to accept a 19.4 percent increase in network fees to 1.82 cents per kilowatt hour for an annual consumption of 15,000 kilowatt hours. Converted, this means 53.32 euros more per year, which catapults Lower Austria into third place among the federal states with the highest increases, according to Puls24. The increase in network costs is explained by the required investments in infrastructure and the reduced consumption figures. The regulatory authority E-Control ensures that providers cannot exploit their monopoly position.

The situation is made even more complicated by rising taxes and duties. After the abolition of price reductions in the wake of the energy crisis, such as the electricity levy, the tax burden is expected to rise again to the originally planned level from January 2025. This means that the costs of using the electricity grid are increasing not only in general, but also on an individual level for each household. This affects all regions of Austria, but customers in Lower Austria in particular will be hit hard, which is fueling the discussion about the fair distribution of costs in the energy market.