Heating Act provides for a screening of consumers. All consumers are to be examined down to the smallest detail to see exactly how much energy each individual consumes in his or her own four walls.
The government also wants to collect information on heating networks – including capacity utilisation or route lengths. By collecting data on the heating habits of citizens, the Greens wanted to create a "bureaucratic monster", said the opposition. The German Association of Towns and Municipalities warned that the acute shortage of personnel in the municipalities could jeopardize the project.