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A new law in Switzerland demands that people keep the thermostats below 66 degrees comes due to the high cost of natural gas.
Switzerland’s Markus Spörndli, Federal Department of Finance spokesperson, said citizens violating the law could receive up to three years in prison.
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Citizens who have several violations may need to pay fines.
Switzerland produces 30% of its electricity from three nuclear plants, but the 2011 nuclear meltdown in Japan is phasing out nuclear power.
The plan to phase out nuclear energy by 2034 may need to be extended due to the present situation.
There is still time to speak out about the law that will also affect the ability to heat swimming pools, saunas, radiant heaters, or warm air tents.
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Nevertheless, several European countries have already implemented energy usage restrictions or warned that such policies could be necessary for the coming months. While the legislature of Spain mandated that public air conditioning be set no lower than 27 degrees Celsius — roughly 80.6 degrees Fahrenheit — through the summer, French President Emmanuel Macron called for a 10% voluntary reduction in the nation’s power usage to avoid “last resort” consumption limits.
The European Union has adopted the official policy of becoming “a climate-neutral society” by 2050 in accordance with the European Green Deal and the Paris Agreement. Citing the failure of hydropower facilities amid drought conditions, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen likewise proposed a “mandatory target” for reducing usage in the European Union, of which Switzerland is not a member.
“If you look at the costs of electricity, there are peak demands. And this is what is expensive, because, in these peak demands, the expensive gas comes into the market,” she commented on Wednesday. “So what we have to do is to flatten the curve and avoid the peak demands. We will propose a mandatory target for reducing electricity use at peak hours.”
