The gas surcharge is a so-called netted price adjustment. It is planned for the limited period from October 2022 to April 2024. This is not a one-time fee, rather you pay for each kilowatt hour you use.
This means that the more gas you use, the higher the gas levy. The amount of the levy is recalculated every three months by the Trading Hub Europe market area manager based on the actual costs incurred. The surcharge can be higher or lower, depending on the current gas price.
It starts with a price of 2.419 cents per kilowatt hour. The topic of additional VAT is currently still being debated. This should also be calculated on top of the gas surcharge. That would be 2.88 cents per kilowatt hour. However, there should be some relief for the citizens on this point. According to Chancellor Scholz, a reduction in value added tax on natural gas from 19 to 7 percent is planned.
You can calculate exactly what additional gas levy you will incur. Simply read the consumption from the last bill and multiply it by 0.0288, then you get the amount of the gas levy with VAT of 19 percent in euros. For some example households, we have already calculated the additional costs due to the gas levy and also added a column with 7 percent VAT. €2.59 per kilowatt hour.