According to a study, prices for electricity and gas are set to rise again.
However, there are regional differences in the price increases.
Berlin - Gas and electricity are expected to become even more expensive in Germany. This is what a study has shown. According to this, consumers must expect considerable price increases for electricity in the coming year. According to the study, fuel for heating and cooking will be at least a fifth more expensive for most affected households. This was reported by newspapers of the
editorial network Germany
, citing the surveys of the consumer
portal Verivox
.
A price increase of around seven percent is to be expected for electrical energy.
The study states that the developments are making themselves felt in the global energy markets.
Added to this is the CO2 price set this year, which is currently 25 euros per ton.
This will increase to 30 euros in 2022.
According to
Verivox
, the cost of a single-family home will rise by a nationwide average of 329 euros next year.
Regional differences in prices: In Hamburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania it will be expensive
Hamburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania are ahead with increases of more than a third. In other federal states such as Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein, the costs would increase by 24 and 25 percent. Only in Bremen and Berlin should gas prices become only moderately more expensive. For electricity, on the other hand, according to the surveys by
Verivox,
236 of around 900 providers increased their prices at the turn of the year. On average, a standard household would have to pay around 97 euros more in 2022.
However, according to the study, the prices in different regions would differ greatly: While prices in Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia rose sharply, prices fell in Lower Saxony and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Overall, according to
Verivox
expert Thorsten Storck,
electricity prices in Germany would
"probably remain the highest in the world in the coming year".
at / afp
