Tips for tenants: This is how you can avoid high additional payments on electricity and gas bills

Tips for tenants: This is how you can avoid high additional payments on electricity and gas bills

According to a report by www.fr.de,
Tenants will now receive their bill from their energy supplier for the last year. For many it will be expensive. You can do that now.

According to experts, costs for private households have increased significantly despite government price caps for electricity and gas. According to the Federal Statistical Office, consumers paid an average of 12.26 cents per kilowatt hour for natural gas in the first six months of 2023, 31.3 percent more than in the second half of 2022. There was an increase of 21 percent for electricity, as it cost an average of 42.29 cents per kilowatt hour. The increase in energy prices last year is now leading to hefty additional payments for many tenants.

The advance payments for electricity and gas could now be significantly too high, especially for basic services. This creates a paradoxical dilemma, as many basic suppliers simultaneously reduce prices in winter but increase monthly payments due to the higher final bill. Consumer advocates therefore recommend that you examine the new discounts carefully, as some energy suppliers are obviously trying to push through excessive discounts.

It is important that tenants check their energy bills for errors. Do the consumption, the price per kilowatt hour, the bonus payments and the discounts correspond to the contractually agreed conditions? Portals like Verivox and Check24 can help you compare different providers to find the best conditions for electricity and gas.