According to this, the mandatory energy saving targets of the federal states, for which the constitutional majority would have needed it, are to be dropped. One is confident that the federal states will still meet their targets. “We are convinced that the federal states will close ranks with us here,” said Graf in the “Ö1-Mittagsjournal”. In any case, the goal of reducing energy consumption in Austria by 18 percent by 2030 should remain.