Energiewende: Viele Stadtwerke wollen ihre Gasnetze stilllegen
Jedes dritte Stadtwerk plant den Rückbau seines Gasnetzes. Der kommunale Versorgerverband fordert von der Bundesregierung klare gesetzliche Vorgaben.
Berlin, as reported by Bild newspaper, indicates that nearly one-third of Germany's city utilities plan to completely or partially decommission their gas networks in the coming years, according to a survey. A quarter of the utilities aim to phase out their gas networks entirely, while another 25 percent intend to maintain a mix of continued and discontinued gas supply.
Thirty-eight percent of the municipal operators remain undecided about the future of their gas networks. Fifty percent of the city utilities intend to shift towards a heating mix of heat pumps and district heating in the future. Seventeen percent of the municipal providers plan to offer green gases in the future. Ingbert Liebing, VKU's managing director, told Bild that many city utilities still have significant uncertainty.
The federal government must provide clarity, Liebing added, without an amendment to the Energy Industry Act (EnWG) and without a biomethane strategy, as well as without a Heat Network Act and the Combined Heat and Power Act (KWKG), city utilities "cannot plan and invest in the deconstruction and reconstruction of their infrastructure with legal certainty, and their customers will not be able to do so either."
The survey was conducted as Germany aims to become climate-neutral by 2045, with several states aiming earlier.
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