Overview
- Environment Minister Carsten Schneider says any rewrite must preserve the law’s climate impact and keep funding in place.
- The CDU is pushing to alter the 65 percent renewables requirement for new systems, while the SPD argues it should remain.
- Under current rules, the 65 percent threshold applies to new heaters once local heat plans are completed, with large cities due by June 30, 2026.
- The existing law allows functioning heaters to continue operating and offers transitional rules and subsidies to ease replacements.
- Schneider cites rising heat‑pump installations surpassing gas systems this year and notes progress in e‑mobility as supportive trends.