Planegg wants to invest millions in renewable energy projects in the future. After intensive discussion in the municipal council, the committee accepted the mayor’s proposal for a resolution without a dissenting vote. Hermann Nafziger (CSU) suggested providing a special reserve of at least five million euros by 2026, which could be continuously increased. This is intended to “create the expansion of a renewable heat supply and a heating network with renewable energy”.
Planegg sees itself in harmony with the neighboring municipality of Gräfelfing and the town of Germering, which are currently building up similar reserves: “A lot is happening in terms of geothermal energy right now,” said Nafziger and continued: “Planegg has to position itself.” The community has “big” plans for the next few years, projects that are almost predestined for renewable energies. He mentioned the area surrounding the station, where, among other things, many apartments and infrastructure projects are to be built, but also the huge area of Heide Volm, which the municipality is known to want to buy up. The budget situation is splendid, one must “take precautions as long as we are doing well”. During the budget deliberations, a certain amount, still to be determined, is to be set every year in the future, which is to be used exclusively for energy projects. Nafziger is also counting on the help of an energy manager employed at the town hall, who is scheduled to start work by the end of the year.
The SPD advocates the establishment of an energy use plan
However, until the final unanimous decision was made by the municipal council, there was a lot of controversy. The Greens thought that the municipality should not commit itself to a specific form of energy. Second Mayor Judith Grimme demanded a “technology-open” definition, which she finally got. The SPD wants the important topic to be integrated into an energy use plan based on the example of the neighboring municipality of Neuried. Such constructs are also financially supported by the Bavarian state government and the district of Munich. The SPD application is to be discussed separately.
Florian Zeller (Free Voters) was also critical of Nafziger’s initiative: “We’ll take the fourth step before we take the first.” You don’t know what the investment volume is really about and it’s better to “wait and see” – an idea that Nafziger found counterproductive: “At some point we have to start. That’s how everything gets talked down.” And Angelika Lawo (Green Group 21) also believes that the time is not yet ripe: “Have we already talked to the Munich public utility company? Otherwise everything is just symbolism.” In the end, however, the mayor managed to get everyone on board.