According to a study, consumers in Germany will have to be prepared for significant price increases for electricity and gas in the coming year.
Heidelberg - The fuel for heating and cooking will be at least a fifth more expensive for most affected households, reported the newspapers of the editorial network Germany (RND, Saturday editions), citing surveys by the consumer portal Verivox.
In the case of electrical energy, this would add up to seven percent surcharges.
In the case of gas, the developments on the global energy markets are noticeable, it said.
Added to this is the CO2 price introduced this year, which is currently 25 euros per ton and will rise 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.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Hamburg are ahead with increases of more than a third.
But also in Lower Saxony (24 percent) and Schleswig-Holstein (25 percent) the costs would rise.
Only in Bremen and Berlin will gas be only moderately more expensive.
According to surveys by Verivox experts, 236 of around 900 providers increased their electricity prices at the turn of the year.
On average, this would mean an increase of 97 euros in 2022 for a standard household.
However, there are strong regional differences: While prices in Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia rose particularly sharply, Lower Saxony and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania recorded falling prices.
The bottom line is that German electricity prices "will probably remain the highest in the world in the coming year", Verivox energy expert Thorsten Storck told the RND.
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