ᐅ Connection Fees for Electricity – Why Do They Cost Money?

A connection simply costs money... subsidies are a different matter.

Mycraft schrieb:
A connection obviously costs something... subsidies are a different matter

Then why does the network agency state that a house connection does not have to be subsidized by me, meaning it is free of charge? Or am I completely missing something here?

DReffects schrieb:
Why does the regulatory authority then say that a house connection does not have to be subsidized by me, meaning it is free of charge? Or am I completely missing something here?

The regulatory authority is referring to the construction cost subsidy. As mentioned above, this serves a different purpose than laying the 5 meters (16 feet) from the street to your house.

By the way, the federal regulatory authority provides a clear explanation of how network connection costs and construction cost subsidies are differentiated.

Due to the liberalization of the energy market, the major suppliers were forced to separate the network and electricity supply, because the end customer must use the network from the network operator, but can buy electricity from any provider. Here in our area, for example, the network is only provided by Schleswig-Holstein Netz AG, which is part of EON, but whether I choose to buy electricity from EON is a different matter. Therefore, I have to pay the network operator for the house connection. Unlike Telekom, EON does not offer bundled discounts, meaning there is no deal such as a 24-month electricity contract in exchange for a 50% discount on the network connection. They simply don’t have that.

The construction cost contribution is a separate item. Here, the end customer participates in the costs of network installation in a new development area. Our gas and water utility handles this, and the fee is about 1500,-. This mainly relates to the fact that they have connected the entire development with gas infrastructure, but only about 30% of the homeowners actually use gas, due to heat pump systems. So, indirectly, those who don’t use gas still contribute to the infrastructure costs. There is no way around this, since the cost is referenced in the property purchase contract, and you have to agree to it.

Karsten

I seem to not understand the wording from the Federal Network Agency correctly. What I read is: I do NOT have to pay a construction cost surcharge. Surcharge = money that I would have to contribute to get connected.

I fundamentally misunderstood that. Thanks for the information!