Today, the Federal Court of Justice handed down a landmark decision in the regulation of grid charges ruling that the Federal Network Agency’s (BNetzA) nationwide efficiency benchmarking of gas distribution system operators was unlawful.

The law firm Becker Büttner Held (BBH) will host the second conference (KlimAKonferenz) of its climate working group KlimAK on 28/09/2023. It will take place at the EUREF Campus at the Gasometer Schöneberg in Berlin.

The Building Energy Act (Gebäudeenergiegesetz) and the Heat Planning Act (Wärmeplanungsgesetz) are two essential factors for a successful heat transition. A brief expert report of the BBH group on the gas grid transformation, commissioned by the VKU, has been published shortly before the possible…

Today, the members of the SPD Economic Forum (Wirtschaftsforum der SPD e.V.) elected the new board of the association for the next two years. BBH partner Prof. Dr. Ines Zenke remains president of the business association.

The decision has been made: the Higher Regional Court (OLG) of Düsseldorf announced today in 14 model case proceedings that the rate of return on equity for the 4th regulatory period was determined unlawfully by the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) and now has to be redetermined.

The two Southern Hessian energy suppliers ENERGIERIED GmbH & Co. KG (Lampertheim) and GGEW AG (Bensheim) merged. Furthermore, ENERGIERIED’s water business was spun off as WASSERRIED GmbH & Co. KG. The contracts of the concentration were signed on 25/07/2023.

enercity AG will install photovoltaic systems on the roofs of around 500 state-owned buildings in Lower Saxony. The project was preceded by a complex and innovative award procedure, jointly advised by BBH and PD – Berater der öffentlichen Hand GmbH.

Bei der BBH-Gruppe gibt es viele Expert*innen für Energie- und Infrastrukturrecht. Aber selbst in dieser Spezialisierung gibt es höchst unterschiedliche Aufgaben. Eine dieser Aufgaben ist die Vertretung vor Gericht, denn natürlich wird nicht jeder Dissens ohne Gerichtsverfahren beendet.…

New partner counsel at BBH PartGmbB (BBH): on 01/07/2023, Daniel Altenburg – formerly a partner at Leinemann Partner Rechtsanwälte – joined Becker Büttner Held PartGmbB.

Germany aims to be climate neutral by 2045. The path to achieving climate neutrality is a much discussed topic. In this context, the BBH group was commissioned by the German Association of Local Public Utilities (Verband kommunaler Unternehmen e. V. – VKU) to determine and present in a study the…