Germany will limit the price of gas for families and SMEs to 12 cents per kWh and heating to 9.5

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Germany

is going to set a

for households and small and medium-sized businesses at

and, in the case of

.

Those are the limits reflected in the agreement between the federal government and the federated states that Foreign Minister

will present this Wednesday and to which this newspaper has had access.

Prices for new gas supply contracts

stand at an

For

, the government and the "Länder" - the federal states - also agreed on substantial cost relief.

From January 2023 to April 2024, it will reduce the cost of gas to

for a

This will apply both to the generation of heat in production, and to the use of gas as a raw material for the production of other chemical and non-chemical goods.

The Government will make

.

No restrictions ("minimum") are applied up to a value equivalent to the price of subsidized gas of

According to the agreed document and in the absence of a couple of parentheses to settle,

as the experts propose, but it will have a

. brake will be applied to gas and district heating of consumers of the so-called standard load profile (SLP), as well as consumers with registered power measurement (RLM)

According to the proposal of the Committee of Experts, consumers will receive a

based on

since the consumption of the previous year is the annual consumption forecast on which the payment to September 2022 account.

If citizens use less gas or heating

, they will be able

gas bill beyond the relief provided by the gas price brake.

The reason is that the monthly relief provided by the gas price cap

,

This means that for every kilowatt hour of gas saved, citizens save the current high market price per kilowatt hour, which is significantly higher than the capped price of 12 cents.

But due to the limited amount of gas available,

Relief for citizens and businesses, however, will not wait.

To save time until the introduction of the gas price brake on March 1, 2023,

under the emergency aid.

This applies to consumers and SMEs in the SLP standard load profile, as well as consumers (except electricity and heat generation plants) with registered energy metering (RLM), as long as their consumption is less than 1 .5 gigawatt hours per year.

In the case of

whose gas or district heating consumption

through the owner's annual statement of operating expenses,

.

If tenants have already received a rate increase in 2022, they will be released from this increase in December.

Cap also on the price of electricity

For its part,

The difference between the market price to be paid and the maximum limit will be

directly with the monthly fee as a

.

The amount of electricity for this deduction is based on a basic quota of 80% of the annual consumption forecast, which was used as the basis for the billing of the September 2022 budget for citizens and SMEs.

For industrial companies, electricity prices are capped at 13 cents per kilowatt hour for 70% of the previous year's consumption.

In addition,

To finance the relief in the electricity sector,

in electricity generation, as well as in gas, oil and coal companies and in refineries, will be taxed for a limited period of time.

A hardship plan will also be financed with

special attention to areas where, despite the cap on the price of electricity and gas, the financial charges are very high.

The Federal Government has earmarked a total of

for this purpose.

The hardship provisions will also apply to

, to help them cope with rising energy costs.

Although they also benefit from capping gas and electricity prices, they are particularly disadvantaged and cannot always quickly reduce energy costs through lower consumption or greater energy efficiency.

For this reason, the Federal Government makes

available to you through the WSF as part of the total of €12 billion for hardship cases.

Aid to the most disadvantaged

For

high heating costs, as well as rising rents, place a considerable burden.

In many cases, your income is not enough to cover the drastic increase in costs.

To specifically support these households, there is

In the case of

it is paid as

The housing subsidy is only paid to people who do not receive transfer subsidies (such as basic income support).

So far,

.

With the reform of the housing benefit, the Federal Government and the Länder

low-income citizens with an

By changing the income limits for housing,

with low income will be able to receive the housing subsidy in the future.

In addition, the benefits of the housing allowance will be improved: To compensate for the considerable additional burdens caused by rising heating costs, a heating cost component will be permanently anchored in the housing allowance and a climate component will be introduced for relieve housing subsidized households from cost increases resulting from measures to improve the energy balance of residential buildings.

The Federal Government and the Länder will continue to jointly finance

half of the housing aid.

In addition, the federal government will refinance a

for all those who already receive the housing subsidy.

Their goal is to help those affected as quickly as possible with rising heating costs.

Germany has already launched three large aid packages and an economic defense shield, the latest of which provides coverage of

The Länder have also provided their own aid and support measures, which place a considerable financial burden on the public budgets of the Federation, the Länder and the municipalities.

Therefore, it is planned that if the municipal services have

due to the current situation, they can request it from the

if necessary.

In addition, and at the request of the federal states, the Government has accepted, as an extra measure of relief for citizens

for

valid throughout Germany at an introductory price of

in the form of a monthly payment that can be canceled.

This will significantly increase the attractiveness of local public transport and will also help achieve climate goals.

The federal government and the Lander will contribute to this monthly transport subscription

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