“Four-digit numbers”: Habeck fears an additional burden on consumers beyond the planned gas surcharge
Created: 09/24/2022, 13:39
By: Patricia Huber
The specific design of the gas levy is proving to be difficult.
Robert Habeck would therefore now like to postpone the payment – but the introduction date should remain the same.
Habeck
expects a
"four-digit" burden
for consumers: In addition to the gas surcharge, there are more costs.
Robert
Habeck
would like to postpone the
payment of the gas levy
: The start date of October 1 should remain the same.
This news ticker on the energy crisis is constantly updated.
Update from September 16, 2:24 p.m.:
Chancellor Olaf Scholz described the concept for securing the PCK refinery in Brandenburg as a “far-reaching energy policy decision to protect our country”.
Russia is no longer a reliable partner, said the SPD politician on Friday.
The federal government is doing everything to secure the supply of energy and especially oil.
One billion euros will be invested at the Schwedt site in the coming years as part of a future package.
The location and the jobs are thus secured.
Nobody in the PCK refinery has to worry about their jobs.
The federal government announced in the morning that the majority owners of the PCK refinery – two subsidiaries of the Russian state-owned company Rosneft – would be placed under trusteeship by the Federal Network Agency and thus under state control.
Habeck expects a “four-digit” burden for consumers
Update from September 16, 9.38 a.m .:
Robert Habeck also sees major additional burdens on consumers in Germany beyond the planned gas surcharge.
With gas alone, “four-digit numbers” can be expected, which people on average in the
in the coming months, Habeck said in an interview with the ARD and ZDF youth service
Funk
, which was broadcast online on Thursday evening.
Regarding the additional costs that consumers would incur as a result of the planned gas levy, the minister said: "There's a bit of that coming together.
But that's not what Germany will discuss and what it will and will have to bear next year.” Habeck said there was also a risk of doubling the price of electricity.
"If we're good, we'll reform the system now and prevent exactly that," explained the minister, alluding to the federal government's plans to introduce an electricity price brake.
"The financial pressure is enormous," said Habeck about the general situation for the people in the country.
The Green politician also expressed his confidence that the high prices will fall again in the coming year.
"If we survive this winter, we have a good chance of achieving significant relaxation in Germany next summer and next winter."
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Robert Habeck would like to postpone payment of the gas surcharge
First report from September 15, 9.41 a.m .:
Berlin – Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) wants to gain more time in the debate about the controversial gas surcharge.
The first advance payments are to be postponed to the end of October, according to a draft by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, which is available to the German Press Agency.
The advance payments for the months of October and November 2022 should “not be due before October 31, 2022”, it says.
According to the current legal situation, advance payments would be possible as early as September.
Gas levy: Introduction on October 1st anyway
Habeck, on the other hand, does not want to change the introduction of the levy on October 1st.
The gas surcharge is intended to support gas importers who get into trouble because of the high purchase prices for Russian gas.
The surcharge for all gas users is currently set at around 2.4 cents per kilowatt hour.
Habeck tries to limit the group of eligible companies so that only companies that are really in need benefit.
Economics Minister Robert Habeck would like to postpone the date for the first payment on account with the gas surcharge.
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From the point of view of the Union, the entire concept behind the gas surcharge is wrong.
"Bogus remains botch - even if it is postponed," said parliamentary group leader Jens Spahn on Thursday of the German Press Agency.
Hectic touch-ups didn't make it any better.
The levy must be abolished.
(dpa)