electricity prices to rise at four to five percent in 2019
for many households in germany is the power in the new year, considerably more expensive. at an average of 4 to 5 percent, prices rise, many providers of care. a three person household with an annual consumption of 4000 kilowatt hour pays according to the calculations of the vergleichsportals verivox around 55 euros per year. the supplier, justify the price increases with its increased purchase prices for electricity. this year, the average price was according to the figures of the german federal network agency largely stable.
shortly before the end of the period of notice for possible increases in this tuesday - six weeks before the end of the year, verivox 218 supplier price increases in december and 1. january. looks like the portal check24 the situation: 160 regional electricity distributors have already increased their prices or increases announced. 'as experience shows in the next weeks to another provider, "said the responsible for energy check24 director oliver drilling. particularly large increases, according to verivox previously in baden wurttemberg and hesse has been announced.
the two largest electricity eon and rwe innogy is daughter at the end of the year the price stable as speaker of both companies said. how long it is, is not yet decided. "we are watching developments," said a spokesman of eon. together, the essen groups around ten million electricity and gas customers in germany. eon is as part of a large-scale exchange with rwe innogy, the customers to accept.
supplier price increases justified
the supplier carries the price increases. procurement costs in the past two years, more than half has informed the industry bdew. the increase in the price of co2 emission allowances. kostentreibend. minor relief on other components of the increase in electricity price could not offset.
consumer protection against this argument. "some years ago, the price has gone down, the suppliers in their long-term contracts which the savings to their customers," said the energieexperte passed on to the consumer association of north rhine westphalia, udo sieverding. "now they are rising rapidly börsenpreisen price increases."
the german federal network agency is the proportion of the cost on the electricity price to about 22 percent. more than half is accounted for by levies and taxes, a quarter of the network. for the 1. april 2018 the authority has an average price of all types of 29,88 cents per kilowatt hour is determined. at this level the price for 2016.
a contract in the traditional services with relatively high prices, according to new figures of the german federal network agency nearly 28 per cent of households. a conversion of the contract wages for many, emphasize the competition authorities. an average haushaltskunde have least change supplier 68 euros per year can save. for the barrier, the joint monitoring report of netzagentur and some tips: no advance payment or deposit rates with shunned and the contract period should not exceed one year. in addition, the consumer would have to ensure that a substantial price increase after the price fixing is possible.(徳囯ASK电容器)