In 2023, net network charges accounted for around 20 percent of the electricity retail price for household customers in Germany. A further 16 percent of the price went to VAT and 4.5 percent to electricity taxes.
Cost breakdown of electricity retail price for household customers in Germany in 2023
Average volume-weighted prices across all contract categories (default supply; non-default supply; contract with a supplier other than the local default
supplier) as at April 1, 2022. EEG = Erneuerbare Energien Gesetz (Renewable Energy Sources Act); KWKG = Kraft-Wärme-Kopplungsgesetz (Combined Heat and Power Generation Act)
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