This statistic provides a sample calculation of the cost structure of German discount electricity providers.This sample indicates that the rate charged by discount electricity providers are not enough to cover their costs. The end price for the customer, based on 780 euros per customer per year, does not cover 100 percent of taxes and electricity purchase costs etc, resulting in a negative gross margin for the provider.
Sample calculation of discount electricity providers' cost structure in Germany
(annual usage of 3,500 kWh; in euros per customer per year)
Characteristic
Earnings / expenditure per customer per year in euros
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Handelsblatt. (October 7, 2011). Sample calculation of discount electricity providers' cost structure in Germany (annual usage of 3,500 kWh; in euros per customer per year) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/276102/cost-structure-of-discount-electricity-providers-in-germany/
Handelsblatt. "Sample calculation of discount electricity providers' cost structure in Germany (annual usage of 3,500 kWh; in euros per customer per year)." Chart. October 7, 2011. Statista. Accessed December 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/276102/cost-structure-of-discount-electricity-providers-in-germany/
Handelsblatt. (2011). Sample calculation of discount electricity providers' cost structure in Germany (annual usage of 3,500 kWh; in euros per customer per year). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/276102/cost-structure-of-discount-electricity-providers-in-germany/
Handelsblatt. "Sample Calculation of Discount Electricity Providers' Cost Structure in Germany (Annual Usage of 3,500 Kwh; in Euros per Customer per Year)." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Oct 2011, https://www.statista.com/statistics/276102/cost-structure-of-discount-electricity-providers-in-germany/
Handelsblatt, Sample calculation of discount electricity providers' cost structure in Germany (annual usage of 3,500 kWh; in euros per customer per year) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/276102/cost-structure-of-discount-electricity-providers-in-germany/ (last visited December 31, 2024)
Sample calculation of discount electricity providers' cost structure in Germany (annual usage of 3,500 kWh; in euros per customer per year) [Graph], Handelsblatt, October 7, 2011. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/276102/cost-structure-of-discount-electricity-providers-in-germany/
