The prices that households pay for energy went back in April. At the same time, the Austrian end users used more electricity and gas in April than a year ago.
The energy price index (EPI) of the energy agency fell by 1.6 percent compared to the previous month: prices rose by 0.7 percent in the year, but the price increase was therefore under general inflation.
- Households had to be considerably more households Straw Pay: Expired measures for supporting the state and higher network costs led to an increase of 36.4 percent.
- Became noticeably cheaper Fuel And Heating oil. Diesel costs 2.2 percent less compared to March and prices fell by 9.9 percent here. A similar development showed the prices for super gasoline.
- The prices for Heating oilHere the minus 4.3 percent was compared to March 2024 and prices fell by twelve percent at the annual distance. Were also cheaper Wooden pellets And firewood.
Electricity and gas consumption added in April
The electricity consumption was 1.8 percent above that in April 2024 with 5.2 Terawatt -hours (TWH).
- A total of 6.28 TWH was in April Straw Produced and therefore 8.9 percent less than a year ago.
- The production of the storage plants also fell, here was the minus of 19.3 percent every year.
- Die Wind energy In the meantime, more electricity, the generation was 4.4 percent above the value of the previous year at 0.93 TWH.
- Die Ramp out Photovoltaic rose by 35.6 percent, those of heat options rose by 27.1 percent. The bottom line is that more electricity was exported abroad in April.
- By the Gas The entry was around 14.63 TWH and 9.2 percent above the comparison month of the previous year. Turnover abroad was around 5.25 TWH with a third under the value of the previous year. Out
Source: Krone
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