Salzburg AG increases electricity prices for many private customers
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Salzburg AG is increasing the partial payment amounts for private electricity customers – under heavy criticism from the SPÖ and FPÖ. 170,000 customers get a recalculation of their monthly electricity bills. In half there should be higher bills.
With the new partial amounts, subsidies from the energy supplier and the state brake on electricity prices are also taken into account in advance, which should provide additional planning security. There has never been such a recalculation, says customer service manager Martin Zauner from Salzburg AG: “So far, the price jumps have not been such that it was absolutely necessary”.
Increase for around 80,000 customers
Nothing will change for 90,000 private electricity customers, and for a further 80,000 households the monthly installment will increase by more than ten euros, says Zauner: “We have therefore taken into account everything that is already there in terms of a payment within the billing period, which is still a future requirement pending, also because of the new prices. But also with regard to all discounts, subsidies from Salzburg AG and the federal electricity price brake. That everything IS included in the calculation so that there are no nasty surprises in the annual accounts. But that customers can spread the additional costs more evenly over the months”.
Funding campaign for heat pump via general meter
The energy supplier has also responded to criticism from consumer advocates. Salzburg AG will set up a promotional campaign for households with a heat pump on the general meter. Customers who heat with electricity without an extra meter can apply for this cost subsidy online from February, adds customer service manager Zauner.
Again new arguments after heavy criticism
Salzburg AG has already procured the electricity for all customers for 2023. The price will therefore not change again this year, said Siegfried Müllegger, head of energy technology at the group, on Tuesday.
The extremely expensive times of shopping in the summer of 2022 have almost been left out. However, the current price declines would no longer have any influence on pricing for 2023. The level of wholesale prices is still two to three times higher than before the gas crisis.