State takes over gas advance payment in December: How to get the new energy support
Created: 2022-11-14, 6:29 p.m
By: Linus Prien
Rising gas prices are a burden for many Germans.
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Gas prices have risen immensely in recent months.
While the government is working on a gas levy, an interim solution is to be used: the state will pay a gas advance.
Berlin - Rising energy costs are a huge burden for many Germans.
The traffic light coalition is planning a gas price brake for the coming year.
Until then, however, the state should now take over the down payment in December.
On Monday (November 14), the Federal Council passed the so-called Natural Gas Emergency Aid Act, which provides for this one-off relief.
Households and commercial consumers should be supported in this way before the gas price brake takes effect.
This is expected to start in March - but there is still no draft law that would be ready for cabinet consideration.
According to the government, the planned support in December is in the "higher single-digit billion range".
Gas Relief: Homes and small businesses are supported
The relief in December affects private households and smaller companies with an annual consumption of up to 1.5 million kilowatt hours.
Certain facilities in the care and education sector and in medical care also receive emergency aid, even if their consumption is higher.
The law, which has now been approved by the Federal Council, stipulates that natural gas suppliers credit consumers with a one-time relief amount.
The amount is therefore to be offset against the first invoice from the natural gas supplier, the billing period of which covers the month of December 2022.
Gas Relief: Expert explains how to get the backup
The amount of the relief is calculated on the basis of one twelfth of the annual consumption that the supplier had previously forecast and the gas price in December.
In this way, "savings incentives" would be retained, said the parliamentary state secretary in the Federal Ministry of Economics, Michael Kellner, in the Bundesrat.
Tenants should receive the December relief with the next annual heating bill.
Landlords have one year to prepare and submit the statement, but must notify the estimated credit as early as this December.
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tip editor-in-chief Herrmann-Josef Tenhagen
recommends the following procedure for
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recipients: If the gas bill is paid by direct debit, it is up to the gas company not to collect the money.
If you have a standing order, you should suspend it for the month.
In the event that you pay the gas bill by bill, you should simply not pay for a month.
To find out how much you don't have to pay, you can simply look at the discount for the past month.
(AFP/LP)