2023-09-26 18:42:04
Thermostats and euro notes, taken in Frankfurt. The heating cost bills for 2022 are particularly high. Image: Rosa Burczyk
The heating level is there: Depending on the heating system, the bills for 2022 will be very different. Who is hit hardest?
Tenants who have not yet received their utility bill can still expect hefty additional payments. As can be seen from the heating index for the past year, which was published on Tuesday by the consulting company CO2-online together with its partner German Tenants’ Association, the burden on consumers is enormous despite all the state aid. Even if you take into account that the German state took over the advance payment for many in December, the costs have risen by up to 81 percent over the year. Without the December aid, the cost increase would have been as much as 95 percent; In other words, the costs have practically doubled compared to the previous year.
There are clear differences depending on the energy source. Households with gas heating were particularly hard hit, while those with oil heating fared somewhat better. The consulting company evaluated more than 250,000 energy and heating cost bills for its calculations. According to this, last year you paid 1,475 euros for an average 70 square meter apartment in an apartment building if you heated with natural gas. That was an increase of 80 percent compared to the previous year. The cost of heating with wood pellets has increased even more, albeit from a lower level, by 81 percent to 1,050 euros per year. In all previous years these costs were between 500 and 600 euros per year.
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