Overview

• The government announced an indefinite postponement of the electricity tax reduction for private households and handcraft enterprises due to budget constraints.
• Tax relief under §9b of the Electricity Tax Act remains in place only for industrial and agricultural sectors.
• Officials pledged to ease consumer bills next year by cutting grid surcharges and abolishing the gas-storage levy.
• Rheinland-Pfalz’s Alexander Schweitzer and Thüringen’s Mario Voigt have publicly demanded swift enactment of the universal tax cut promised in the coalition agreement.
• Record switching of 7.1 million electricity and 2.2 million gas customers in 2024 underlines growing pressure on households to find lower energy costs.