Price reduction for urban heat: 200 euros saving for Lienz households!

Price reduction for urban heat: 200 euros saving for Lienz households!

in Lienz, Tyrol, around 2,000 customers can expect a tariff price reduction in the city heat from 1 January 2025. According to managing director Stephan Hilber, this means an annual relief of around 200 euros for the affected households. This reduction is the result of stabilization on international energy markets after considerable fluctuations in recent months. Hilber emphasizes that new tariffs and delivery conditions have been developed in order to counteract future price increases. However, the price reduction requires an adaptation of the tariffs in 2025 in order to cope with the challenges of energy prices in the future, such as

Poverty risk in Tyrol

The current statistics show that around 100,479 people were at risk of poverty in Tyrol from 2019 to 2021, which corresponds to a rate of 13.5 percent. One -person households and people over the age of 65 in particular are severely affected. This data collected during and after the Corona pandemic surveys illustrate the serious social inequalities in Tyrol. The fact that people who were born outside of Austria are particularly concerned with poverty is particularly worrying. Your risk of poverty is 22.9 percent. In Tyrol, an estimated 7.3 percent of the employed people live below the risk of poverty and have to make do with an income of 10,411 euros a year. tirol.gv.at has shown these alarming numbers in a current analysis.