The recent failure of the Power Plant Safety Act could significantly delay the coal phase-out if the next German government does not quickly pass a new version of the law. This is what Philipp Godron, Head of the Electricity Program at the Agora Energiewende think tank, fears: „If the coal phase-out is to be implemented by 2030, this means that the next federal government will have to create a corresponding legal basis within the first few months of taking office,“ Godron told Table.Briefings.