Key legal question
Whether the municipality may still approve and control electricity supply tariffs under the 1996 concession after the Electricity Supply Act entered into force.
Extracted holding
No. The federal electricity supply regime regulates electricity tariffs for end consumers comprehensively, and a parallel municipal tariff-approval power over energy supply prices is excluded.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that the Electricity Supply Act and implementing rules exhaustively govern the energy-price component of electricity tariffs, while ElCom supervises those tariffs. A municipal approval power would create duplication and possible conflict with federal supervision. The concession remains valid as to network allocation, but its tariff-approval clause cannot continue to apply to energy prices.