Ist die Energiewende sozial gerecht?

Peter Heindl, Rudolf Schüßler () and Andreas Löschel

Wirtschaftsdienst, 2014, vol. 94, issue 7, 508-514

Abstract: The transition of the German energy system towards renewable energy carriers triggers considerable costs for private households. Costs are passed through to households by a surcharge per kilowatt hour. This effectively leads to high cost burdens for poorer households relative to wealthier ones. The authors discuss the issue from the perspective of social justice and argue that costs are distributed in an unfair manner. In the light of the rising costs of renewable energy promotion, affordability of energy among the poorest should receive increasing attention. Measures of fuel poverty and deprivation with respect to energy could serve as adequate ex-post indicators of non-affordability and should be considered in Germany. Copyright ZBW and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

Keywords: D63; I32; Q52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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