Overview
- The government draft plan reduces the KTF subsidy for transmission‑grid costs from €6.5 billion in 2026 to about €5.5 billion for 2027, a near 15% cut.
- The lower subsidy will ease pressure on the federal budget but will remove roughly €1 billion of support that had been used to dampen netzentgelte.
- Analysis by Verivox estimates that losing €1 billion would raise net charges by about 0.25 eurocent per kWh, putting average household bills up roughly 1% or about €12 a year for a 4,000 kWh household.
- Industry groups warn the effect concentrates on energy‑intensive sectors, with Germany’s steel association estimating roughly €50 million in extra annual grid costs for the sector.
- TenneT cannot yet give exact tariffs and will publish provisional 2027 netzentgelte on October 1, 2026, which will determine final consumer and industry impacts.