According to Klaus Müller, President of the Federal Network Agency, consumers can anticipate falling electricity prices due to the upcoming regulation reform of net charges. Müller told “T-Online” that the net charges, which currently represent a notable portion of the final electricity cost, could decrease somewhat for pure electricity consumers who do not produce their own power, and that these reductions will be evident on their bills.
The Network Agency is currently working on a reform of these net charges, which is slated to become effective on January 1, 2029. Under the new rules, “prosumers”-those who feed solar power from private photovoltaics into the grid during the summer but draw power from it during the winter-will be required to pay a higher basic rate for net charges.
Müller defended this decision against criticism, stating that net charges must be distributed fairly across everyone. He argued that in the current system, households that generate their own solar energy are, in effect, partially excused from the collective financial burden of net charge payers. For Müller, this is unfair because the grid must be financed continuously throughout the year, even when private power producers are not utilizing the infrastructure because they are sufficient on their own power. Therefore, the agency aims to rebalance this distribution of costs.
