New Habeck law in the pipeline? District heating customers experience cost shock. As of: February 2, 2024, 7:41 a.m By: Amy Walker CommentsPressSplit Consumer advocates have been warning about the unregulated prices of district heating suppliers for years.
Even the Federal Cartel Office is now investigating. The energy crisis has led to significantly higher prices across all energy sources. However, district heating customers cannot understand how the new, very high prices come about. In November 2023, the FederalCartel Office. declared that it was “opening proceedings against a total of six municipal utilities and district. heating suppliers on suspicion of abusively excessive price increases”