Cost shock for customers: Gas levy can still rise in winter
Created: 08/23/2022, 11:02 am
By: Patricia Huber
The gas surcharge is 2.4 cents per kilowatt hour.
But that could change again soon – and make gas even more expensive.
All information about the gas crisis in the news ticker.
The gas surcharge may increase further in winter: Should Gazprom continue to reduce the delivery volume, consumers would probably have to pay even more.
This news ticker on the gas crisis is constantly updated.
Update from August 23, 10:39 a.m .:
The filling level of the German natural gas storage is approaching the 85 percent mark despite the greatly reduced delivery volumes from Russia.
According to data published on the Internet by European gas storage operators on Tuesday, the level on Sunday morning was 80.14 percent.
The fill level is always reported with a delay.
A new regulation stipulates that German storage facilities must be at least 85 percent full by October 1st.
On November 1st it should be at least 95 percent.
The 75 percent required by September 1 had been reached more than two weeks earlier.
Gas surcharge may increase in winter
First report from August 23, 10:37 a.m.:
Berlin – From October, gas customers will have to dig deeper into their pockets.
That is when the gas levy comes into effect, which has to be paid in addition to the already high prices.
The surcharge is intended to benefit suppliers who have to buy replacement gas from Russia for the missing, cheaper gas at high prices.
Trading Hub Europe calculates the amount of the levy as a joint venture between the transmission system operators.
The company had put the levy at 2.4 cents per kilowatt hour last week.
However, according to the company responsible, the amount of the gas levy is likely to change soon.
“The allocation can be adjusted every three months.
Because of the dynamic development, I assume that the levy will have to be adjusted this winter," said Torsten Frank, Managing Director of Trading Hub Europe, to the
Rheinische Post
.
"The surcharge can fall when the situation calms down, but it can also rise if, for example, Gazprom should further reduce its deliveries or the forecasts of the companies change."
(ph / dpa)
