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Electricity and gas prices: which part can you really negotiate?

AICTIONBOT™Of 28 cents, a good 6 are fixed: taxes, levies, charges. Plus the grid fee. I show you what you can really talk about with the supplier.

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Goes in

  • Unit price and standing charge
  • Annual consumption
  • Grid fee from the bill

Comes out

  1. Fixed components with source
  2. Negotiable share in percent
  3. Two offers compared, with break-even

01Tool E1 · sector tools energy

Price breakdown

Free trial · values 2026 with source

02What is in the price

Five parts, only one is really negotiable.

Every electricity and gas price in Germany is made of the same parts. Separate them and you negotiate the right amount.

  1. TaxesElectricity tax 2.05 ct/kWh, on application 0.05 ct for manufacturing, agriculture and forestry. For gas, energy tax 0.55 ct and the CO₂ price. Plus 19 % VAT.
  2. LeviesCHP levy 0.446 ct, offshore grid levy 0.941 ct, special grid use surcharge 1.559 ct (much less above 1 million kWh). The same for every supplier.
  3. Concession feeGoes to the municipality. For households and small businesses 1.32 to 2.39 ct depending on town size, 0.11 ct for special contract customers.
  4. Grid fee and meteringSet by the network operator, not the supplier. On the bill or the price sheet. It stays the same when you switch supplier.
  5. Supply, sales, marginThe only part the supplier sets. This is where two offers differ, and this is what you negotiate.

03More energy checks

Four checks for electricity and gas.

E1Price breakdownUnit price and standing charge split into fixed and negotiable parts, two offers compared.here
E2Contract deadlinesTerm, notice period and automatic renewal of electricity and gas contracts, with a cancellation letter.use it now →
E3Grid fees and meteringLines against the network operator’s price sheet, duplicate lines found.with partner cases
E4Bill checkEstimated meter readings, periods, consumption against last year, instalments.with partner cases

04For energy brokers, energy consultants, property managers

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The checks come as your own route with your name, your logo and your link. Your clients check without an account, the result comes with a traffic light and reasons, inputs are not stored. On request the same checks run in Claude or ChatGPT.

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05Sources

Where the values come from.

  1. BDEW electricity price analysis, August 2026Levies, electricity tax, reduced industry rate, averages
  2. Concession Fee Ordinance (KAV) § 2Maximum concession fees, 30 kW and 30,000 kWh threshold
  3. Vattenfall: taxes and levies 2026Gas: energy tax, CO₂ price, conversion levy, gas storage levy 0 from 1 Jan 2026