What companies can do against electricity price increases

The currently very high energy costs are placing an extraordinary burden on many compa-nies. This makes it more important to take advantage of any available relief procedure of en-ergy costs.

Despite the reduction of the EEG surcharge to zero, there is a variety of further potential sav-ings available, that may not yet be commonly known. For example, if legally specified pa-rameters are met, it is possible to be completely exempted from the concession fee. A com-pany submitting a corresponding application must prove to the responsible network operator that its purchase price for electricity is below the average value published annually by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany. Until now, this average price could be regularly under-cut by the formula on which the calculation is based only by those companies that had to pay a limited EEG surcharge by way of exception and upon separate application. With the above-mentioned application-free reduction of the EEG surcharge for all electricity consumers, it is expected that a significantly larger number of companies will be able to be exempted from this burden.

Our advice

For the calendar year 2022, the applicable marginal price is 15.15 cents per kilowatt hour (net of tax). If your procurement price is below this value, you should take advantage of this op-portunity. Please note: Your corresponding application to the network operator requires a mandatory audit certificate from an auditor. Grant Thornton AG Germany will be happy to check for you whether the application is possible for your company and provide you with an offer for our service.