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2030 should be the end: from then on electric heaters are banned in the canton of Zurich. And that’s legal, according to the Federal Supreme Court. Two people went to court because they did not want to accept that they would have to replace their working electric heaters with a more energy-efficient solution in seven years’ time.
They argued that the new energy law would force them to pay for a replacement and would face a fine of up to CHF 20,000 if violated. However, the Federal Supreme Court has clearly rejected their complaint, as evidenced by a verdict published Thursday.
According to the Federal Supreme Court, the obligation to remove existing electrical heating appliances is of course already an infringement of property, but in the present case this is justified and reasonable, as the judgment states.
For example, the ban on electric heaters serves the protection of the environment and an adequate energy supply, or several overriding interests, write the country’s highest judges. Because: “Electric heaters have a shortfall in the efficiency of electricity consumption.” There are energetically better alternatives for heating buildings, such as pellet and district heating and heat pumps.
Moreover, the criticized ban is not unexpected for the owners, the federal judges continue to say in the ruling. As early as 1990, the federal government issued a strict permit requirement for electric heaters and since 2013 they are only permitted to a limited extent as emergency heaters in the canton of Zurich. The deadline now set to replace all electric heaters in 2030 “is a logical next step”.
According to the ruling, installations built without a permit before 1991 will probably have reached the end of their lifespan in 2030 and will in any case need to be replaced. The Federal Supreme Court thus supports the new Zurich energy law in principle. Whether compensation for expropriation is possible in individual cases must then be determined on a case-by-case basis, it is said. (SDA)
(judgment 1C_37/2022 of 23 March 2023)
Source:Blick
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