What do time-dependent network tariffs mean for me?
Today a household pays the grid operator a fixed amount per year, which depends on the connection and not on when you use electricity. Grid operators and the regulator are working on tariffs that vary by time of day. Exactly how and when that will happen has not yet been decided.
The electricity grid gets full at busy moments: on sunny afternoons because of feed-in, and in the early evening when everyone cooks, charges and heats. A network tariff that is higher at those moments and lower otherwise is meant to help users spread their consumption.
What it can mean
Those who can shift consumption, such as with a home battery, an electric car or a heat pump, can then also save on network tariffs. Those who cannot pay more at busy moments. A battery that covers the evening peak from its own storage can thus become more valuable. How much depends on what the tariffs will look like.
In the calculator
The calculator currently uses the fixed network tariff of your grid operator and your connection. If time-dependent tariffs arrive, we will include them as soon as they are known.
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