The EEG (surcharge on the electricity bill to subsidize the installation of both commercial and private wind and solar generation) has been phased out as of 1.

The EEG (surcharge on the electricity bill to subsidize the installation of both commercial and private wind and solar generation) has been phased out as of 1. July 2022. According to [1], about 75% of the price per kw/h in Germany is shared between the producer of the electricity and the owner of the network. As the market for electricity is completely liberalized, those can be any of hundreds of companies. The rest, about 25% are various taxes and surcharges. While renewable energies are responsible for some of the above average electricity prices in Germany, the recent price surge is mostly due to the high price of natural gas. Germany electricity prices are fixed by a system of auctions, where the demand at any given point in time is fulfilled by the producers willing to charge the least amount of money, but the actual price is set by the most expensive bid that is still required to satisfy demand. Due to the peculiarities of the electricity markets, this often ends up being natural gas power stations and natural gas has become crazy expensive due to Russia cutting off exports to Germany. [1] https://strom-report.com/strompreise/strompreis-zusammensetzung/ https://strom-report.com/strompreise/strompreis-zusammensetz...