Strugl said in the radio series “Im Journal zu Gast” that one must now “do everything to achieve a reasonably reasonable price level”, for example through regulatory measures and the expansion of renewable energy. .
The electricity bill brake proposed by Wifo boss Gabriel Felbermayr would be a “reasonable compromise” for the Verbund boss. The turquoise-green government wants to present its model for an electricity price brake shortly. It was “right to support a basic need and also to let the market work,” said Strugl. “I do think it’s necessary not to let people down here.” The high energy prices are “a major burden” for many households.
Felbermayr pleads for the household size to be taken into account in the electricity bill brake. “It makes a huge difference whether one or five people live in a household,” said the Wifo boss of the “Presse” (Saturday edition). Otherwise there is a risk that the entire electricity consumption will be subsidized in one-person households. In addition, Felbermayr calls for social differentiation in the electricity price brake. “Here, the network operators could perhaps fall back on the data from the GIS exemption,” said the Wifo boss.
Mellach: “Nothing can be done without a prescription”
The blocking of the gas control regulation in the main committee by the opposition parties extends the reactivation of the Mellach combined coal-fired power plant. If the ordinance had been decided this week, it could have started at the end of January, according to the Verbund boss. “We need the regulation, otherwise we can’t do it.” Because the deadlines for the technical conversion and the coal deliveries have now expired, a start in April is not realistic. Strugl did not want to comment on the political tug-of-war over the design of the regulation. However, he would like to see a “national alliance” because it is about security of supply.
Source: Nachrichten
