The operators of the large power grids announce the amount of the EEG surcharge for the coming year. The surcharge for promoting green electricity drops significantly.
The EEG surcharge for promoting green electricity will drop to its lowest level in ten years in 2022. As the operators of the large power grids announced, the surcharge for the coming year will be 3.723 cents per kilowatt hour.
It drops by 2.777 cents compared to the previous year. A federal grant of 3.25 billion euros, which is financed exclusively from the income from CO2 pricing in the transport and heating sectors, also contributes to this. Without this subsidy, the EEG surcharge in 2022 would be 4.657 cents.
Most recently, the surcharge was lower in 2012 at 3.592 cents. According to the information, the most important reasons for the falling EEG surcharge are the high level of exchange electricity prices and the resulting high EEG account balance as of September 30, 2021. Increasing sales revenues for renewable electricity reduce the need for subsidies considerably.
However, the EEG surcharge is only part of the electricity price. In the industry, it is expected that a falling surcharge will stabilize electricity prices overall, but that the bottom line will not decrease electricity costs. On the other hand, procurement costs that energy suppliers have to pay for electricity have risen significantly.
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