A Viennese family is furious that the price of district heating has tripled. However, Wien Energie justifies the requirement with the high consumption.
Electricity and gas bills are becoming unaffordable for more and more people. Many Viennese are very disappointed, because Wien Energie’s announcement that the bill for district heating would rise by 92 percent, which amounts to about 45 euros more per household, does not apply to all customers. Just like the couple J. from Donaustadt.
triple price
Until now, it paid 351 euros every two months. The new scheme provides for 1062 (!) euros in the same period. “That’s three times the price,” says Richard J., who sent a letter to Wien Energie. In this letter he not only stated that he would not accept the new partial amounts (but that he would pay because of the security of supply), but he also added a catalog of questions (see excerpt above). J. wants to know, among other things, why there are major differences in the identical terraced houses.
Extremely high consumption
According to a spokeswoman for Wien Energie, this household consumes three times as many kilowatt hours as a comparable household. You can offer a discount in the partial amounts, but if consumption does not decrease, you must take into account a high subsequent payment.
Source: Krone
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