Electricity prices for households in Germany 2010-2020, semi-annually

Between 2010 and 2013, there was a noticeable increase in the price of electricity for households in Germany. At the start of the decade households using between 2.500 and 5.000 kWh paid less than 24 euro cents per kilowatt-hour, while households using between 1.000 and 2.500 kWh paid more per kilowatt-hour. Prices for households using between 1.000 and 2.500 kWh peaked in the first half of 2019 at 34.53 euro cents. Prices for households using between 2.500 and 5.000 kWh reached a peak at 30.88 euro cents in the first half of 2019. By the second half of 2020, German households consuming between 1.000 and 5.000 kHw payed over 30 euro cents per kilowatt-hour.

Electricity prices worldwide

Germany is one of the most expensive countries worldwide for electricity supply. In 2018, German customers were charged 0.33 U.S. dollars per kilowatt-hour. Although production is cheap, additional taxes and fees increase the final cost. The renewable surcharge is one of such additional fees hiking up end costs. In 2019, this surcharge made up 21 percent of the final composition of power prices for German households. This levy is to support Germany’s renewables expansion, such as wind, solar, biomass and hydropower installations.