Das Energieeffizienzgesetz –überflüssig, marktwidrig und schädlich?

Eisenkopf Alexander and Pritzl Rupert
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Eisenkopf Alexander: Prof. Dr. Alexander Eisenkopf ist Inhaber des Zeppelin-Lehrstuhls für Wirtschafts- und Verkehrspolitik an der Zeppelin Universität Friedrichshafen.
Pritzl Rupert: Dr. Rupert Pritzl ist im Bayerischen Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Landesentwicklung und Energie in München tätig und Lehrbeauftragter an der FOM Hochschule München.

Wirtschaftsdienst, 2024, vol. 104, issue 8, 562-567

Abstract: With the German Energy Efficiency Act, politicians are intervening directly in business activities by imposing energy-saving requirements. The act sets precise targets for future energy consumption in Germany as a whole and obliges companies above a certain energy consumption level to set up energy management systems or to draw up implementation plans for energy-saving measures identified as economically viable. Government bodies have an annual obligation to save energy; this is unnecessary, as the relevant signals for energy savings result from EU emissions trading. It is also dysfunctional, as it undermines entrepreneurial freedom of action and leads to a de facto planned climate economy.

JEL-codes: K32 L52 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.2478/wd-2024-0145

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