Abolition of the EEG surcharge leads to electricity price reductions in some places

Source: Energy & Management Powernews, June 23, 2022

The elimination of the EEG levy on July 1 leads in some places to a reduction in electricity prices. It makes Im average after a survey more than 12%.

"It is unlikely that the EEG levy will currently lead to falling electricity prices, because due to the war situation, the prices for fossil fuels explode and thus also the electricity prices." It was two months ago that the head of the energy department at the German Institute for Economic Research made this forecast to the dpa news agency. And Claudia Kemfert was not alone in her assessment. Hardly any experts reckoned that the abolition of the levy on July 1 would result in any noticeable relief for consumers. But also experts are humans, how a collection of the comparison portal Verivox underlines.

"We seized so far 80 current price reductions, around on the average 12.8 per cent", communicate Verivox on inquiry of E&M. "A family with an electricity consumption of 4,000 kWh is thus relieved by 177 euros a year," says company spokesman Lundquist Neubauer. The amount corresponds exactly to EEG apportionment of 4.43 cents - multiplied by the consumption value.

Suppliers are required by law to credit the 4.43 cents to consumers. But in many places the effect from the electricity bill can not be read out. "Of course, we pass on the relief in full to our customers," commented, for example, the spokesman for Energieversorgung Mittelrhein, the company's latest price increase. That could the price adjustment, which became inevitable because of de high procurement prices, however only mitigate.

To the current suppliers, who lower the prices now around 4,43 cent per kilowatt-hour, belong for instance the public utilities Meerbusch and Willch. "We welcome the fact that the levy is eliminated and households are somewhat relieved in these turbulent times," says sales manager Aneta Knebel. Another current example is the Mannheim Ökostromanbieter Stromdao, also it screws according to own data the work price around 4,43 cent down.

Autor: Manfred Fischer