This thisis examines Austrians and Germany energy governance system. It concentrates on the institutional coordination of energy policy with particular emphasis on transitional issues. Due to the advancing climate change, dwindling fossil energy resources and increasing geopolitical dependencies, energy policy is faced with the task of transforming energy supply to renewable energies. This goes hand in hand with the need to adapt the existing infrastructure for energy transmission by building new transport infrastructure, reinforcing existing grids and constructing storage facilities. Rising energy costs and the continuous increase in global energy consumption demand that efficiency in housing, industry and transport be increased. This requires modernization, flexibilization and digitalization of energy use in the future. The call for more centralization and a more powerful "lead" in Germany's energy transformation may favor short-term political decisions and reduce political blockades, but it does not fulfill the long-term goals and performance of energy transformation. In fact, the comparison between Germany and Austria makes it clear that energy policy in Germany does not fail because of the complexity of federal negotiating structures and informal networks, but that it lacks such governance structures to a considerable degree.