Fast shot shakes trust in the business location

“The energy industry contributes to a future -oriented budget. The procedure for this must be based on transparency and not arbitrariness. The measure of a stricter energy crisis contribution decided in the government declaration today becomes a boomerang for the Austria location and a favorable energy supply, ”warns Florian Maringer, Managing Director of IG Windkraft. “Lower and more expensive investments lead to higher energy imports from abroad and lower security of supply.”

Local production cut – prices for customers not cheaper

It was gratifying that it was targeted by a power generation tax that was initially rained. The deductibility of investments is also important for the energy transition. But: If you cap capable of 90 euros, the international electricity market price will not change a cent.

“On the contrary: models for energy communities and industrial supply are worse. The budgetary prices themselves depend on the prices of the Leipzig electricity exchange – for this, domestic production is irrelevant. The price of households and business is not cheaper. In return, the measure strangles domestic generation of electricity – especially from renewable energies. This is how a budget strategy becomes a power import strategy. “

Democratic “Black Box” in transparency

It is understandable that 200 million euros for the budget renovation should be loken up for the budget renovation. Especially under the impression of an internationally difficult democratic environment – but also for the high investments in domestic energy generation – transparency is the UM and up, says Maringer. It is extremely strange if there is a kind of “black box” on the basis of the figures on which it is based, without public knowledge of calculations. “Professional companies need transparency and planning security. For concrete solutions, you have to sit down constructively. This will find solutions that do not cause such real economic damage. Everyone, especially the wind industry, is ready for this constructive work, ”says Maringer.

In summer, the energy industry achieves low market prices, so earns hardly any money, but still feeds – with trust that market prices in other periods are higher. The money is earned on average of the months. Memorized interventions lead to high loss of trust in the political goals and reliability of the business location compared to fewer invasive measures.