Overview
- A leaked consultation draft would let grid operators restrict or refuse new wind and solar hookups in capacity‑limited zones, suspend curtailment compensation in congested areas, and require generators to share grid‑upgrade costs.
- Greens leader Katharina Dröge and a broad alliance of environmental and industry groups argue the plan would choke citizen‑energy projects and strip planning and investment certainty.
- Industry associations warn of legal and financial risks from uncertain grid access and liken the potential fallout to the 2012 “Altmaier‑Knick,” while noting the draft is not agreed within the governing coalition.
- Ministry officials say no ban on new plants is intended, describing the proposal as a temporary steering instrument to align deployment with grid capacity while keeping targets of 80 percent renewables by 2030 and 100 percent by 2045.
- Reporting also highlights concern that proposed connection cost contributions could reach about €1,000 for typical home PV systems and notes a separate, earlier signaled move to end residential feed‑in support that the sector expects in an upcoming EEG draft.