āTenant electricity support brings Energiewende to the inner citiesā
The federal cabinetās approval of a bill for supporting tenant electricity models in Germany will āmake tenants directly participate at energy transitionā, economy minister Brigitte Zypries said in a press release by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs (BMWi). Owners of private houses so far were mostly able to benefit from pv installations on their roofs, but tenants now could also use this sort of locally produced power at favourable rates if their landlords put up pv installations on their building, Zypries explained. The government was going to introduce a ātenant electricity premiumā of up to 3.8 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh), which would āspeed up electricity generation from solar energyā, Zypries said.
Stefan Kapferer, head of German utility association BDEW, said tenant electricity in general was a āreasonable componentā for increasing the acceptance of energy transition. The BMWiās bill, however, was going to ārelieve some privileged households from grid fees while at the same time others have to pay moreā. The majority of German tenants was not going to benefit from the law, Kapferer said.
Find the BMWiās press release in German and the BDEWās press release in German .
See the Āé¶¹ĪŽĀė°ę dossier The peopleās Energiewende for more information.