Austrian Act on Securing Business Locations 2025 (Standortabsicherungsgesetz – SAG 2025)

To specifically support Austrian companies that must expect significantly increased electricity costs in the calendar years 2025 and 2026 due to the EU emissions trading system, the “SAG 2025” was recently passed (Austrian Federal Law Gazette (BGBl.) I No. 67/2025). Similar to the already known SAG 2022, energy-intensive companies are to be granted financial compensation […]

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Energy costs subsidy guidelines published

The energy costs subsidy is a subsidy programme of the Austrian Federal Government to support energy-intensive companies in Austria in light of currently high energy prices. After the Austrian Federal Government published the first details of its energy costs subsidy guidelines at the end of September 2022 and obtaining the approval of the European Commission […]

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