In contrast to the unambitious target for RES-H in the Austrian NREAP, which was defined at the federal level, regional policy targets and instruments tend to be quite ambitious, at least for some of the regions, e.g. Upper Austria. Currently, no reduction of regional RES-H promotion schemes as presented in Section 3 is on the horizon. Even though this might also become a question of the currently discussed cuts in public budget spending, the facts presented in this paper support the hypothesis that Austria might exceed the RES-H targets of its NREAP. This at least seems likely in case that the regional support policies and general favorable side conditions remain in place.