The present Law lays down provisions relating to the production, transfer and distribution of electricity in the Land of Styria. The aim of the Law is to make available to the people and to the industry electricity being at the same time environment-friendly, reasonable priced, sufficient, secure and of high quality; to create a market organization according to EU-guidelines and to the principles of national law; to further an even greater part of renewable energy in the sphere of electricity production; and, finally, to protect the people from harmful effects from production plants. The text consists of 70 articles divided into 11 Parts as follows: General provisions (I); Production plants (II); Electricity plants, regulated areas (III); Entitlement to accede to electricity plants (IV); Funds, group balance-sheet (V); Conditions for running electricity plants (VI); Expiry of licence to run electricity plants (VII); General conditions for authorization, competent authorities, duty to report (VIII); Electricity Counsel (IX); Proof of origin (X); Penalties, transitional and final provisions (XI).
Austria · 2005-04-19