Electricity price increases threaten: This is how households fight against the consequences!

Electricity price increases threaten: This is how households fight against the consequences!

In Styria, households face financial challenges: Network fees will increase by a whopping 30 percent in the coming year, which could make up to 150 euros for many families, reports orf.at . The expiry of the electricity price brake introduced in 2022 at the end of 2024 is particularly critical. This measure had made it possible for most households to obtain their electricity up to 2,900 kWh at a strongly subsidized price of 10 cents per kWh. Without this support, there is a dramatic increase in electricity costs, which will particularly affect low -income consumers.

rising prices and lack of relief

The critics, including the NGO Attac and Volkshilfe, demand that the high network costs should be borne by the energy groups and not by electricity consumers. However, this claim could only be realized by a change in the law. An extension of the electricity price brake is also required to prevent the energy providers from lifting their prices to the maximum permitted level, as is practiced in the non -profit housing industry.

The Chamber of Labor (AK) emphasizes that the combination of higher network costs and the loss of financial aid programs will put a great burden on households in the next few years. The AK predicts that the annual additional costs will be at least 380 euros in 2025, compared to the values ​​of 2024. href = "https://stmk.