How much will gas soon cost in Germany?

Experts and sample calculators provide initial answers

Created: 07/27/2022, 21:50

By: Patrick Mayer

Germany is preparing for rising gas prices.

But how much will citizens soon have to pay for energy in Bavaria, BaWü, NRW and Berlin?

A search for clues.

Munich/Berlin - Germany is in the energy stranglehold of Moscow ruler Vladimir Putin.

Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck (Die Grünen) has no doubt: The fact that significantly less gas flows from Russia to the Federal Republic via Nord Stream 1 is a political calculation of the Kremlin in times of the Ukraine war.

Gas prices in Germany: traffic light government, opposition and industry warn of high prices

Officially, Russia blamed alleged technical problems related to Western sanctions.

In the future, the gas pipeline will only deliver 20 instead of the previous 40 percent of the possible capacities via the Baltic Sea.

The traffic light federal government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), the opposition around the CSU of Markus Söder and last but not least the German industry - all protagonists in this country warn of sometimes significantly rising energy prices.

The fact is that after the gas alarm level has been activated, suppliers can pass on rising prices to consumers from October, according to the federal government.

But what does that mean for normal consumers on site?

How much will gas soon cost each individual household in Germany?

Gas prices in Germany: households have to reckon with significantly higher energy costs

"When the amounts of energy procured by the energy suppliers before the crisis are used up, they will have to buy at the current record prices on the stock exchange," explains Steffen Suttner, Managing Director of Energy at the comparison portal Check24 of the

: "The annual statement and thus also the deductions could then increase three to five times.” For a model household with a “consumption of 20,000 kWh, the new surcharge of two cents per kilowatt hour could make it up to 476 euros more expensive a year,” says Suttner.

From 2023, gas customers will have to expect the discounts to triple, at least.

Klaus Müller, President of the Federal Network Agency

The

calculates that a standard model household with 20,000 kWh of gas consumption as of July 2021 had to pay an average of 1,301 euros a year for gas.

A year later, in July 2022, the prices had already reached a new record, the equivalent of an average of 3415 euros per year in a model household.

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Suttner's assessment coincides with the Federal Network Agency's expectations for gas prices in Germany.

"For those who are now getting their heating bills, the deductions are already doubling - and the consequences of the Ukraine war are not even taken into account," explains the President of the Federal Network Agency, Klaus Müller, to the

: "From 2023 Gas customers have to be prepared for the discounts to triple, at least.”

In focus: gas prices in Germany.

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Striking: As the ARD “Tagesschau” reports, according to the Federal Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW), almost half of Germans heated with gas in 2021.

And: According to the Federal Association of the German Heating Industry (BDH), 70 percent of new installations in the same year went for gas heating.

But who does it hit and how hard?

Estimates based on the zip code (zip code) of a (major) city or county can be found using an interactive calculator published by

.

Here are just four examples:

How much does gas cost in Germany?

Examples between Bavaria, NRW and Berlin

• Munich-Isarvorstadt, Glockenbachviertel (Bavaria):

  The average annual consumption for a 57 square meter apartment in the center of the Isar metropolis is estimated at 8000 kWh (about 800 cubic meters of gas).

  According to this, annual gas costs of 2036 euros are to be planned for a corresponding apartment.

  According to the

  Zeit Online

  calculator, this would be 134 euros more per month than last autumn.

• Ravensburg district (Baden-Württemberg):

  The average annual consumption for an 85 square meter apartment in the rural Swabian district is estimated at 12,000 kWh (approx. 1200 cubic meters of gas).

  According to this, annual gas costs of 3142 euros are to be planned for a corresponding apartment.

  According to the

  Zeit Online

  calculator, this would be 202 euros more per month than last autumn.

• Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (NRW):

  With more than 600,000 inhabitants, the region in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia is one of the largest districts in Germany.

  The average annual consumption for a 128 sqm apartment or a house with the corresponding living space is estimated at 18,000 kWh (approx. 1800 cubic meters of gas).

  According to this, annual gas costs of up to 4660 euros are to be planned for.

  According to the

  Zeit Online

  calculator, this would be 300 euros more per month than last autumn.

• Berlin-Kreuzberg (Berlin):

  The average annual consumption for a 71 sqm apartment in the center of the capital is estimated at 10,000 kWh (approx. 1000 cubic meters of gas).

  According to this, annual gas costs of 2561 euros are to be planned for a corresponding apartment.

  According to the

  Zeit Online

  calculator, this would be 168 euros more per month than last autumn.

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