The objectives of the present Law are, inter alia, to make available to the people of Upper Austria high quality electricity at a reasonable price; to continue to increase the big part of renewable energy production in Upper Austria; to take into consideration the safety of the production, the guarantee of supply, and above all the environmental compatibility. The Law contains at the outset a definition clause relating to various terms therein employed such as “production”, “independent producers”, “transmission”, “distribution”, “client”, “ultimate consumer”, “net”’. The text consists of 66 articles divided into 8 Parts as follows: General provisions (1); Establishment and running of electricity production plants and duties of electricity producers (2); Running of operating nets (transfer and distribution systems) (3); Electricity market (4); Eco electricity (5); Provisions on organization (6); Penalties (7); Final and transitional provisions (8).
Austria · 2006-01-31