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Upper Austria Electricity and Electricity Organization Law 2006.

Country/Territory
Austria
Territorial subdivision
Oberösterreich
Document type
Legislation
Date
2006 (2012)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Landesgesetzblatt für Oberösterreich, Text No. 1, 31 January 2006, 24pp.
Long title
Law issuing the Upper Austria Electricity and Electricity Organization Law.
Subject
Energy
Keyword
Energy conservation/energy production Renewable energy Hydropower generation Environmental standards Policy/planning Internal trade Offences/penalties Standards Protection of environment
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Western Europe
Abstract

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).

Full text
German
Website
www.ris.bka.gv.at

References - Legislation

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Upper Austria Electricity Amendment 2008.

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