How exactly do the price brakes for gas, heat and electricity work?

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You can also find basic information on the energy price brakes on the Federal Government's online website. We have summarized the most important things for you here:

Emergency aid December 2022

With the emergency aid,private households with a consumption of less than 1.5 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of gas or heat per year will be exempted from the monthly down payment to the gas and heat suppliers for the month of December 2022.

Gas and heat price brake

From March 2023, the natural gas heat price brake will take effect. This price brake will apply from March 2023 until probably April 30, 2024, with retrospective effect from January 2023. The extent of the relief depends on:

how much gas and heat you have used so far,
how much you consume this year,
what is the heat price.

With the natural gas heat price brake, 80 percent of your gas consumption is capped at 12 cents per kilowatt hour. If you use more gas, the new high price applies for each additional kilowatt hour. Saving gas therefore still makes sense.

What applies to heat recipients?

The price brake for heat will also apply from March 2023 until April 30, 2024, with retrospective effect from January 1, 2023. Similar to the price of gas, 80 percent of your heat consumption will be billed at 9.5 cents per kilowatt hour. If you consume more heat, the new high price applies for each additional kilowatt hour. So keep saving on heat!

Further information can be found online in the relevant Federal Government FAQs.

Electricity price brake

The electricity price brake will also apply from March 1, 2023, with retrospective effect from January 1, until probably April 30, 2024. The amount of relief depends on:

how much electricity you have used so far,
how much electricity you use this year,
what the price is in your electricity contract.

With the electricity price brake, 80 percent of your consumption is billed at 40 cents per kilowatt hour. If you use more than 80 percent of the previous electricity consumption, the actual, high price in the supply contract will be charged for each additional kilowatt hour.

Further information can be found online in the relevant Federal Government FAQs.

What do you have to do?

Nothing! The gas, heat and electricity price brakes as well as the emergency aid for December 2022 are automatically taken into account in your utility bill for 2023, you do not have to do anything else. As your landlady, we take care of it!