This is reported by the Reuters news agency. According to this, gas customers should receive a special payment this year, which roughly comprises a monthly bill. A second step is to follow in the coming year. 80 percent of customer consumption should then be subsidized by the state. In the room is therefore a price of 14 cents per kilowatt hour. The remaining 20 percent should then continue to cost the normal market price.
According to “Verivox”, a kilowatt hour of gas currently costs 28.3 cents on average. According to the consumer portal Check24, German households consume an average of 3153 kilowatt hours of gas per year. If the price for 80 percent of consumption (2509.6) is capped at 14 cents, an average of just under 359 euros will be saved per year.
If the gas price is actually capped at 80 percent to 14 cents, the following average savings will result (consumption according to Check24):
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