ᐅ Gas Price Brake for New Construction: How to Determine the Same Period Last Year?

Does anyone know the details of how the "previous year period" for the 80% maximum limit is determined for new constructions where no data from the "previous year period" is available? Please also provide a source if possible.

Thanks in advance.

Pinkiponk schrieb:

Does anyone here know the details of how the "previous year period" for the 80% maximum limit is determined for new buildings when no data from the "previous year period" is available?

It isn’t determined at all. The gas price cap does not apply to new buildings. Probably no one considered that there might be new buildings using gas—since green policies are strongly pushing heat pumps.

This is the only statement I found:

SaniererNRW123 schrieb:


This is the only statement I found:

That’s helpful. Many thanks for your search; I looked as well but didn’t find anything.

Edit: I really have to apologize to you now. If only I had read through my daily newspaper completely first, instead of asking here and bothering you right after reading just the front page. ;-)

It’s good that it’s based on the annual consumption forecast. In our case, it’s always 25% higher than the actual consumption, so we never have to pay extra 🙂

Do you also get the impression that the gas and electricity price caps are being heavily exploited by the suppliers for windfall gains? Gas prices on the markets seem to have been decreasing for quite some time, but here in the Leipzig district, postal code 0457x, we now have to pay higher gas prices starting 01/01/23:

Electricity consumption price: previously gross 27.78 --> from 01/01/23 gross 48.06
Gas consumption price: previously gross 12.65 --> from 01/01/23 gross 18.96
(The basic charge remains the same with both suppliers. We do not have a special contract but are still on standard and backup supply for now.)

It’s really unfortunate for us that our electricity forecast was so low; the hobbies sauna and home brewing have not yet been taken into account by the supplier.

Pinkiponk schrieb:

Do you also get the impression that the gas and electricity price caps are being heavily exploited by the utility providers? Gas prices on the exchanges have been falling for some time now, but we (Leipzig district, postal code 0457x) will have to pay higher gas prices starting 01.01.23:

Electricity consumption price: previously gross 27.78 --> from 01.01.23 gross 48.06
Gas consumption price: previously gross 12.65 --> from 01.01.23 gross 18.96
(The basic charge remains the same with both providers. We also do not have a special contract but are still in the default and backup supply for now.)

It’s really unfortunate for us that our forecast for electricity is so low; hobbies like sauna and beer brewing have not yet been taken into account by the provider.

There are definitely some exploitation effects. But you can’t directly pass on stock market prices one-to-one. The providers sign contracts for the future, which is why the default suppliers have been the cheapest for a long time.
This means that consumer gas prices lag behind the exchange prices.