Heat
Heat supply has been mainly based on fossil fuels until today. To achieve climate neutrality, a fundamental conversion of the heat supply is necessary, i.e. a transformation toward renewable heating networks. Planned courses of action must be developed and the network infrastructure adapted to the innovative and technical framework conditions.
Municipal heating networks
A core topic of today's municipal public service tasks is the energy supply of inhabitants. Municipalities are becoming increasingly active themselves in the production, distribution and distribution of heat, especially with regard to a climate-neutral heat supply by 2045 at the latest. We provide legal, economic and tax support for municipal projects from planning to implementation and ongoing operations. (Link to "Legal Issues" on Competence-Legal Advice-Public Law; link to "Economic Issues" on page Competence-Management Consulting; link to "Tax Issues" on page Competence-Tax Consulting) According to our understanding, a sustainable solution always takes into account local potential, creates regional added value, is future-oriented technologically and integrates the interests of the citizenship decisively.
Our services
- Identification and specification of heating network potential
- Possible cooperation with other municipalities or private third parties
- Creation of an individual operator concept
- Assessment of economic potential
- Tax implications of various technically and legally possible options, e.g. own operation versus municipal limited liability company
- Choice of the appropriate operator model
- Funding screening, advice, auditing under funding law, application
- Examination of financial viability, development of a tariff model and cost-effectiveness scenarios
- Ascertainments under construction planning law
- Advice on construction and operation (permit, permission to use the land, etc.)
- Supervision of any award procedure
- Control of the contractual processing and fulfilment
- Development of all contracts and statutes required according to the implementation concept
- Project management and interface management (process responsibility)
- Commercial processing (cost control, payment transactions, etc.)
- If necessary, commercial operational management (cost control, payment transactions, contract management, billing, insurance management, etc.)
- Heat, waste heat and energy supply contracts
- Licensing, construction, contracting contracts
- Tariff development
- Possible protection through connection and usage constraints
- Answering ongoing questions about lease and heat supply contracts, e.g. remuneration
questions - Consolidated tax filing status
Municipal utilities
Municipal utilities are the natural energy partners of local citizens. However, this partnership has changed in recent years. This is not only due to new policy objectives, technical possibilities or tougher competition. The demands of customers have also grown, especially with regard to climate neutrality and price stability. The strategies, services and communication of municipal utilities must adapt to this. We support municipal utilities in making targeted use of their strengths to successfully develop their heat supply business and achieve decarbonisation. Together, we analyse the competencies of your company and develop economically and ecologically suitable and legally viable solutions. We support you through a constantly changing legal situation, yet design sustainable financing and take advantage of opportunities from subsidies.
Our services
- Creation of an individual operator model
- Possible cooperations and their contractual design
- Possible protection due to connection and usage constraints
- Ascertainments under construction planning law
- Examination under subsidy law
- Advice on construction and operation (permit, permission to use the property, etc.)
- Supervision of any award procedure
- Development of all contracts and statutes required according to the implementation concept
- Answering ongoing questions about lease and heat supply contracts, e.g. remuneration questions
- Identifying, giving concrete form to and evaluating economic potential
- Examination of the financial viability, development of a tariff model and scenarios calculations of profitability
- Funding screening, consulting, application
- Project management and interface management (process responsibility)
- Control of the contractual processing and fulfilment
- Commercial processing (cost control, payment transactions, etc.)
- If necessary, commercial management (cost control, payment transactions, contract management, billing, insurance management, etc.)
- Tax implications of various technically and legally possible options, e.g. own operation versus municipal limited liability company
- Consolidated tax filing status
Heat network operators
Legal changes, requirements from government and society as well as economic necessities are demanding action and have an effect on existing networks. How these regulations affect heat supply contracts, such as price regulations or price adjustment clauses, is worked out together with you. At the same time, there is also a need for change in infrastructure, which is reflected in a transformation process towards a climate-neutral heat supply. In order for this development to succeed, clear objectives are needed that enable derivations for strategic decisions.
Our services
- Shaping the transformation process towards climate neutrality
- Advice on grid expansion
- Heat supply contracts
- Contracting
- Assistance with legal changes