Too high a cost for district heating – price cover should relieve households

People groan among the high energy costs. Especially for some district heating customers it became very expensive. Experts want to change that now.

Neustadt/WN is considering expanding the district heating network. However, this path to the energy transition is not suitable for every house and district. But there are also ideas for municipal heating planning.

Apartment buildings and housing cooperatives with a five billion forint support option can make their district heating consumption measurable and controllable, according to the Ministry of Energy's Facebook page.

The municipality will investigate, together with Alliander and Energie Beheer Nederland (EBN), whether they can set up a public heating company. The three parties have just signed a letter of intent. The construction of district heating as a replacement for natural gas has been at a standstill since the summer of last year. Vattenfall pulled the plug when the company saw its own costs rise. With a public heating company, the municipality wants t…

Consumer protectors have demanded a price cap for district heating. It is about several hundred euros a year, which some customers would have to pay more – without having a choice. What are the reasons for this?