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The planned construction of a new power line through Thuringia is causing political controversy.
Aiwanger's advance met with resistance in Erfurt.
Erfurt – The dispute between Bavaria and Thuringia is gaining momentum.
Last week, Hubert Aiwanger, Bavaria's Economics Minister from the Free Voters, surprisingly announced that a new power line through Thuringia was planned to supply Bavaria with electricity.
This caused considerable resentment in Erfurt.
After the Thuringian State Chancellery sent a somewhat pointed “greetings to Bavaria” on Tuesday, February 13th and called for cooperative behavior, Erfurt is now planning to hold talks with the Federal Network Agency.
Thuringia expects consultation with the states following Aiwanger's initiative
A spokesman for the Energy Ministry in Erfurt told the
German Press Agency (dpa) on Thursday (February 15)
that it was assumed that the Federal Network Agency would consult the states again.
This particularly affects new projects such as the P540 route, which partially runs through southern Thuringia and was brought into play by Hubert Aiwanger.
Hubert Aiwanger (Free Voters), Deputy Prime Minister and Economics Minister of Bavaria © Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa
The planned power lines SuedLink, SuedostLink and now also SuedwestLink are intended to transport electricity from northern Germany to Bavaria.
Criticism of Aiwanger: Thuringia accuses Bavaria of “bad style”.
From Thuringia's perspective, alternatives to the variant proposed by Bavaria should also be discussed.
This could, for example, be a bundling requirement or the prioritization of a line expansion before a new construction.
“With Bayern First you don’t get electricity, you get frustration and annoyance.
In these times when citizens rely on reliable information regarding network expansion, energy and heating transition, this is not only bad form, but counterproductive," said Bernhard Stengele, Thuringia's Energy Minister from the Greens, according to the ministry.
Joint progress in energy supply
Stengele emphasized that all federal states have a common interest in making progress in clean energy supply.
This is exactly what the procedures for drawing up the network development plan and the later inclusion of the identified needs in the federal needs plan are intended for.
Bavaria cannot circumvent these procedures, said Stengele.
“Planning the German energy infrastructure is far too important to make it more difficult through unilateral initiatives.”
(sot with dpa)
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