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Undecided political issues are by far the greatest obstacle to the energy transition for the vast majority of municipal utilities and energy experts from municipal companies, according to conducted by the German Association of Local Public Utilities (VKU). Among the top concerns listed by respondents were thelack of planning and investment security for municipal energy suppliers and network operators (69 percent) and the duration and requirements of current planning and approval regulations (63 percent). 鈥淭he municipal utilities as practitioners and pragmatists of the energy transition want to tackle and achieve the climate targets,鈥� said VKU managing director Ingbert Liebing. 鈥淏ut this will not succeed without planning and investment security. The survey identified this as the most important problem: We finally need clear, long-term, reliable framework conditions in energy policy and for the energy transition." The three most important issues for Germany鈥檚 next federal government are a reform of energy sector taxes and fees as well as CO2 pricing, Liebing said. 鈥淥ne look at the electricity bill is enough: electricity from renewable energy sources has to become cheaper. This makes clean electricity more competitive compared to fossil fuels and more attractive for use in the transport and heating sector.鈥�

Liebing also called for greater transparency in CO2 pricing and is demanding an earlier price increase in order to prevent a 鈥渃ost explosion鈥� in CO2 prices after 2026. 鈥淚n addition, we can use it to abolish the EEG [Renewable 麻豆无码版 Act] surcharge and specifically promote transformation projects. In this way we also achieve the necessary social balance," Liebing added. Germany has introduced a CO2 price in the transport and building sectors in 2021, starting with a fixed price that increases annually before allowances are auctioned from 2026 onwards.