So the energy transition cannot gain momentum!
A man from Vaterstetten is slowed down in his efforts to do something for the environment by the energy supplier Bayernwerk.
Vaterstetten
- He wanted to do something good for the environment and currently has to atone for it: Philipp Klein from Vaterstetten bought a photovoltaic system including battery storage and electricity meter: several thousand euros invested, everything ready for use - if it weren't for the Bayernwerk.
Klein has been waiting for their approval for over nine months in order to be able to go online with his system.
The whole roof full of PV modules
The entire roof of the residential complex in Kirsch-Anger in which he lives is full of PV modules.
This is what the municipality's environmental guidelines want.
Future homeowners could buy shares in this.
Klein can call his own 35 modules with a total output of almost 10 kWp including 7.5 kWh electricity storage in the basement.
“I found it to be a very good overall concept that even though you only own a condominium, you can still put a solar system on the roof,” he says.
In consultation with the specialist company that installed the system for him, the man from Vaterstetten submitted the preliminary application to the Bayernwerk in March.
Feedback?
Nothing.
The system was ready in July, which the company also passed on to Bayernwerke.
To date, Philipp Klein has not received any feedback from Bayernwerk, he says: "If something did not fit, I could tell my installer, then it could be improved."
Bayernwerk sees "legal problem"
But despite repeated telephoning afterwards, the Bayernwerk did not tell him how long it was still taking, nor what the exact reason for the delay was.
Only a "legal problem" was raised, but nothing more precise.
Many of his neighbors feel the same way, says Klein.
In his desperation he turned to the Ebersberger Zeitung as “last hope”, as he says.
Anna Neumeier, energy consultant for photovoltaics at the Ebersberg Energy Agency, knows nothing of a known legal problem.
When adding to an existing system, there could be minor discussions about remuneration.
"Or if it were huge quantities of over 30 kWp per house connection, but that's not the case here," she says on the phone.
Her colleagues also find the "legal problem" strange.
Mayor Spitzauer is surprised
Vaterstetten's Mayor Leonard Spitzauer (CSU) is surprised that the residents of the new development area have to wait so long.
However, he is well aware that some applications at Bayernwerk take longer to process: “They are the slowest authority,” he tells EZ.
"We are already slow, but they are even slower." He wishes that the affected citizens from the Kirsch-Anger had informed him of the delay.
Then he could "write a bad letter" to Bayernwerke.
Maximilian Zängl, spokesman for Bayernwerk AG, explained on request that Philipp Klein was a special case.
The problem lies specifically with the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG).
It states that all systems in a building are to be recorded as a complete system - and not as individual systems.
Therefore, one examines the case legally in order to be able to classify Klein's plant share as a single plant.
"We will definitely have an evaluation for this residential complex before Christmas", promises Zängl.
Bayernwerk is certain that the system will be able to go into operation this year if everything goes well with the inspection.
Usually the legal review takes place within six to eight weeks.
Another reason for the delay is the Bayernwerk customer center in Taufkirchen near Munich, which was not included in the planning phase for the new development area.
In Vaterstetten they are therefore currently busy with around 30 applications.
Bayernwerk spokesman Zängl assures that his company will now primarily take care of the fact that solar power will soon flow in the Vaterstettener Kirsch-Anger.
Raffael Scherer