The electricity tariff is the payment for the supply and the purchase of electricity.

Electricity tariff components

The electricity tariff consists of three main parts. Those proportional portions in the following specified refer to the situation at the household customers.

Energy supply

The price for the supply of electricity, as payment for the electrical work (generation of current), supplied to the customer. It is determined to a large extent by the price history at the wholesale markets for river as for example the EEX, a current stock exchange in Leipzig. These costs constitute approx. 23% of the electricity tariff. See also: Price history of the wholesale prices since 2002 (.pdf)

Net use

The net use payment, as payment for transport and the distribution by the local distributed network operator. Approximately 36% of the electricity tariff are based on this Preisbestandteil.

Taxes and deliveries

• The concession delivery, as payment for the grant of rights of way by the municipalities.
• The KWK reallocation after the "force heat mixing rate" (KWK-G) to the promotion of the generation of current from plants with force heat coupling.
• The EEG reallocation after the "renewable energy law" (EEG) to the promotion of the energy production from renewable energies.
• Currentexpensively (eco-tax) to the promotion of climaticpolitical goals as well as for the sinking, and/or stabilization of the pension contribution set.
• The value added tax.

Approx. 41% of the electricity tariff decrease/go back on taxes and deliveries.

Account of the electricity tariffs

The account of the electricity tariffs takes place to the respective conditions in accordance with the current supply contract locked between the supplier and the customer. The customers can be divided in 3 groups: Private customer (household customer), Gewerbekunden (handicraft, small trade) and special customer (large-scale enterprise). The electricity rates can be arranged into different Preisbestandteile. Not each tariff must exhibit all of the price components described here. Straight ones within the special customer range can occur depending upon power supply firm very individual tariff systems. Currentexpensively, which KWK reallocation as well as EEG reallocation, which become concession delivery and the net use payment with the household and are trade tariffs, depending upon supplier, either in the calculations separately proven, or in the work prices already contained. In accounts after special tariffs the separate classification is in the meantime obligation. The value added tax is proven always separately on the calculations.

Haushaltstarife

They usually consist of a combination of work and basic price. Thus the tariff system is more understandably and more simply because of the consumer nachvollziebar.

• Work price (consumption dependent)

This is the payment of per used up unit at electrical work in euro per kilowatt-hour (EUR/kWh). The entire pay results from the used up quantity of electricity multiplied by the work price.

• Basic price (consumption independent)

It serves for it the costs of the stock availability, the measuring instrument to take off (counter and accessories), the consumption measurement (reading) as well as the rendering of invoice and the collection. It is mostly accounted for however day-exactly per month or year.

Trade tariffs

Mostly also these tariffs consist of a combination of work and basic price, whereby the basic price can subdivide itself into a sliding average price and a firm achievement price. Also these tariffs are well comprehensible for the consumer.

• Work price (consumption dependent)
• Basic price (consumption independent)
  • Sliding average price

It contains the costs of the measuring instrument, the consumption measurement as well as the rendering of invoice and the collection.

• • Firm achievement price

It covers the costs of the stock availability.

Special tariffs

The tariff systems for this offered can differ strongly from each other and are somewhat more complex compared with household and trade tariffs. The comprehensibleness lacking of such tariff systems is mostly only because of their unsatisfactory representation on the electricity bill.

• Work price (consumption dependent)
• Leistungspeis (consumption dependent)

This is the payment for the taken up highest annual output, thus euro per kilowatt (euro/KW/year). Possible is also the central formation from the highest 2 or 3 Leistungsspitzen arisen within a delivery yearly. A monthly account of the necessary achievement is to be also found.

• Reason and measuring price (consumption independent)
• Blind additional work (consumption dependent and if not sufficiently compensates)

Fundamental differences of the offered current supply contracts

Power supply firms offer two kinds of current supply contracts to their customers:

General tariffs, basic supply

Energieversorungsunternehmen are obligate tariffs to offer, to which everyone has the right, with electricity to be supplied. These tariffs were called in the past the so-called "general tariffs". After the revised version of the power industry law they are called tariffs for basic supply. These tariffs are subject to electricity to center 2007 of permission in accordance with the federal collective contract by the responsible Land authorities and must be requested there by the Energieversorungsunternehmen. By the purchase of electricity automatically a supply contract comes off to the "general tariffs". They have a term of notice from one month to the end of the month. They are usually most favorable for Kleinverbraucher. Larger households, trades and industry get usually more favorable conditions with separate agreements.

Separate agreements

The electricity tariffs of the separate agreements are subject not to the price control of the Land authorities separate the competition on the current market. Separate agreements are locked in writing with the customer. Contract running times of to two years are usual. A legal claim on the present Treaties does not exist.

General to the tariffs

In principle the electricity tariff consists of a variable work price and a basic price, which consist of a firm sliding average price and with big customers additionally of an achievement price. Graduated after the current consumption and the power demand the power supply firms offer different tariffs. There are single tariffs, with which to a small sliding average price/basic price a higher work price/KW/H is added, turned around can one with a family tariff with a higher sliding average price a smaller work price pay, which comes to meet family consumption. Far possibility is combined counting us price with a favorable work price up to a certain purchased quantity, during whose excess a higher work price becomes due. The moreover one expensive offered for 100% of regenerativ energies to consist (to be supposed) and light load tariffs, which are favorable tariffs if one the river to Nebenzeiten (usually between 22 and 6 o'clock and 12 and 13 o'clock) refer. Also the possibility exists to agree upon two tariffs contractually. The used up quantities of electricity are counted at a two-tariff counter e.g. by a switching clock and the price thereby is separately computed.

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