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The new year will bring higher gas and electricity bills. The main reasons for this are higher grid costs and the fact that from January, the levies, which were reduced to a minimum during the energy crisis, will once again apply in full. The expiry of the electricity price cap on December 31, 22024, may also lead to higher costs. Household energy bills will rise by several hundred euros a year, depending on the province and energy consumption.
Electricity charges for households are expected to rise by an average of 23.1 percent and gas charges by 16.6 percent, according to the draft regulations published by the regulatory authority E-Control. Grid fees for electricity will rise the most in Lower Austria and Vienna at over 30 percent, followed by Styria at 29 percent and Upper Austria at 25.6 percent. Electricity grid fees in Burgenland are also rising at 23.6% above the Austrian average. At 29.4%, gas grid fees will increase the most in Upper Austria, followed by Burgenland with 21.7% and Lower Austria with 21.2%. They will rise by around 14% in Vienna, Vorarlberg, and Styria and around 9% in Tyrol and Salzburg.
The reason why grid fees will rise sharply in 2025 is that, on the one hand, the amount of energy drawn from the grid will fall, while at the same time, the costs of maintaining and expanding the grids will increase. This means that higher costs will be spread over fewer energy units consumed.
- source: APA/picture: Image by Alexander Stein from Pixabay
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