Inflation in Electricity and Gas Burdens 2025 Viennese Households

The new year brings higher gas and electricity bills. The main reasons for this are higher network costs and the fact that from January, the levies that were reduced to a minimum during the energy crisis will be fully effective again. The expiration of the electricity price brake on December 31, 2024, can also lead to higher costs. In total, the energy bills of households - depending on the federal state and energy consumption - will increase by several hundred euros annually.

2025 Brings Higher Electricity Bills - Especially in Vienna and Lower Austria

For electricity, they are expected to increase on average by 23.1 percent for households, and for gas by 16.6 percent, as can be seen from the draft regulations of the regulatory authority E-Control. For electricity, the network fees in Lower Austria and Vienna are increasing the most, by over 30 percent, followed by Styria with 29.2 percent and Upper Austria with 25.8 percent. In Burgenland, the electricity network charges are also rising above the Austrian average, at 23.7 percent.

Gas Prices Also Rise in 2025

For gas, the network fees in Upper Austria are increasing the most, by 30.4 percent, followed by Burgenland with 22.2 percent and Lower Austria with 19.4 percent. They are increasing by around 14 percent in Vienna, Vorarlberg, and Styria, by 9 percent in Salzburg, and by 7.2 percent in Tyrol.

The reason for the significant increase in network fees in 2025 is that on the one hand, the amounts of energy drawn from the network are decreasing, but at the same time, the costs for maintaining and expanding the networks are increasing. So, higher costs are spread over fewer consumed energy units.

(APA/Red)

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