Consumers in Germany must adjust to significantly rising electricity prices in 2020. At the turn of the year, 419 local primary utilities announced that they would raise their prices by an average of 5.5 percent. This emerges from the new consumer atlas of the comparison portal Verivox, which is the SPIEGEL. Other utilities are likely to follow price increases over the course of the year. Not a single one has announced so far to lower prices.
In Germany, around 11.2 million households draw electricity from the often comparatively expensive basic supply. The primary provider is the energy company that supplies the majority of household customers in a network area. Customers who do not actively switch providers are always in the basic service.
The planned increases vary greatly from neighborhood to neighborhood.
- The postal code with the largest increase is in Hesse Herborn . Anyone who is supplied with the terms of the universal service must pay 15 percent more for electricity in the coming year.
- Electricity prices in Stemwede in North Rhine-Westphalia rise by 13.5 percent.
- In Bremerhaven, Niedereschach, Königsfeld, Rottweil, Deisslingen, Unterrotenstein, Wildenstein, Dunningen, Zimmer, Dietlingen, Eschbronn and Budenheim , electricity price increases of at least twelve percent have been announced.
In the following interactive spreadsheet, you can check if the basic service plan is rising in your neighborhood. Simply enter your postal code or the name of your place of residence in the search mask.
"The federal government has promised consumers in Germany to prevent further increases in electricity prices, but electricity will be more expensive than ever in 2020," says Valerian Vogel, Verivox energy expert.
Electricity customers do not have to accept rising prices. You can use your special right of termination and switch providers with just a few clicks. Recommended Internet portals for this include finanztip.de, check24.de and verivox.de.
A family can reduce their electricity bill by an average of 218 euros, if they change from the basic supply to the cheapest fare with fair conditions.
