The country's transmission system operators are set to publish the newly calculated green power levy on Friday. The levy currently accounts for approximately 22% of a customer's total bill. For a three-person household with a consumption of 3,500 kilowatt hours a year, the tax will increase by 18 euros to 240 euros a year following the hike. Germany's green power tax funds the country's renewable energy subsidies. wikimedia commons Germany’s renewable energy surcharge, currently set at 6.35 euro cents ($0.07) per kilowatt hour, is set to rise by 8%, or half a cent, next year, according to a report by German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, which cites transmission system operator sources. The German government uses the surcharge to fund its renewable energy feed-in tariffs. While every private household pays the levy, energy-intensive companies are widely exempted from the tax.Following the 8% increase, the surcharge will increase to 6.88 euro cents per kWh. Germany’s four TSOs — Amprion, TransnetBW, Tennet TSO and 50Hertz — have to calculate the new surcharge according to the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) in October and plant to announce it on Friday. The newspaper points out that for a three-person household with a consumption of 3,500 kilowatt hours a year, the renewable surcharge would rise by €18 to €240 a year.
Transmission system operators (TSO) in Germany are set to publish a revised green power levy on 14 October. The country's renewable energy surcharge, currently 6.88 euro cents per kWh, will increase by 8% next year to 6.35 euro cents per kWh, according to unnamed sources. Germany's government uses the surcharge to fund its renewable energy feed-tariffs. The levy currently comprises around 22% of a customer's bill and for a three-person household using 3,500 kWh p.a. the tax is expected to rise by €18 to €240 p.a.