The price brakes are intended to ease the burden on consumers, so you as a tenant will also benefit.

The price brakes apply for the entire year 2023, as well as proportionately for 2024, previously until 30.04.2024.

The expected amount of reimbursement can be found in the overview PDF. This list will be added to gradually. If there is no information in the list, we will not be able to provide you with any further information by telephone. Therefore, please refrain from making telephone inquiries and check the list again in a few days.

Please note, however, that only the total amount for the heating system in your residential building can be viewed. This is divided between all the residential units that are fired by this heating system. Depending on how many parties live in your building or in other buildings that are also connected to this heating system, you will only be entitled to a proportionate amount of this - similar to your heating bill.

There will be no electricity price brake certificate in advance. This is only planned if your heating system is operated with electricity instead of gas or heat.

No, this is not provided for in the law. You will benefit from the relief when the high costs are also charged to you, namely at the time of the service charge settlement. You will receive the statement for the calendar year 2023 from us as usual by 31.12.2024. This means that you will benefit from the reimbursement specifically when the next statement is likely to include a high additional amount.

The reimbursement amount will be shown separately in the 2023 heating cost statement. You will receive the statement by 31.12.2024 at the latest.

From March 1, 2023, households that already benefited from the emergency aid in December will receive a quota amounting to 80% of their annual consumption forecast in September 2022 at a guaranteed gross energy price. This means that the price is capped at 12 ct/kWh for 80% of consumption. Smaller and medium-sized heating customers also receive a guaranteed gross energy price for 80% of their forecast annual consumption on the cut-off date. This is 9.5 ct/kWh for heat. The contractually agreed price must be paid for consumption above these quotas.

For heating systems powered by electricity, a price cap of 40ct / kWh applies for 80 % of the forecast annual consumption.

The exact amount of relief depends on the agreed contract prices and individual consumption.

In apartment buildings that are centrally heated with electricity or gas or supplied with heat, the landlord receives the described notification from his supplier. As your landlord, GWH will pass this information on to the tenants accordingly.

The so-called December emergency aid, which is implemented with the Natural Gas and Heat Emergency Aid Act (EWSG), represents a one-off relief for the month of December. The price brake legislation is a price cap for 80% of the expected annual consumption of gas or heat for the heating system and general electricity in the relevant residential complex. These therefore go further than the emergency aid.

Definitely yes. Because only a proportion of previous consumption is subsidized, it is still worth saving gas or heat. For every kilowatt hour of gas or heat above this proportion, consumers have to pay the usually high prices from the supply contract. The less you consume over and above this, the less additional costs you incur.

It also happens that several buildings are connected to one heating system. In this case, all buildings relevant for billing are included.

The energy supply companies automatically grant the relief. Consumers do not have to do anything; there is no need to apply for relief or anything similar.

No. The law covers both district and local heating supply companies as well as contractors. They must pass on the reductions to their customers.

This is merely a way of temporarily reducing your payments. The reduced advance payment will be taken into account in the next heating bill, meaning that you risk a higher additional claim for 2023 despite the relief from the federal government.

We therefore advise against a reduction. Should you nevertheless wish to make an adjustment, you can contact wohnversprechen@gwh.de.

The aim is to reduce the burden on all private consumers, including you as a tenant, who use gas or whose homes are supplied by a central gas or district heating system.

You can find the expected refund amount for your heating system in the overview PDF for the heating systems in the GWH portfolio. This list will be added to gradually. If the list does not yet contain any details, we will not be able to provide you with any further information by telephone. Therefore, please refrain from making telephone inquiries and check the list again in a few days.

Only the total amount for the heating system in your residential building can be viewed. This is divided among all the residential units that are fired by this heating system. Depending on how many parties live in your building or in other buildings that are also connected to this heating system, you will only be entitled to a proportionate amount - similar to your heating bill. 

No, this is not provided for in the law. You will benefit from the relief when the high costs are also charged to you, namely at the time of the service charge settlement. You will receive the statement for the calendar year 2022 from us as usual by 31.12.2023. You will therefore benefit from the reimbursement specifically when the next statement is likely to include a high additional amount.

The reimbursement amount will be shown separately in the 2022 heating cost statement. You will receive the statement by 31.12.2023 at the latest.

If your monthly advance payments have been increased within the last nine months (since February 2022) due to the energy crisis, you have the option of reducing your advance heating cost payment for December 2022 once by the amount of the last adjustment. If your advance payments were increased in June, for example, you can reduce them for December to the previously applicable, lower May amount. 

New tenants who have only lived in a GWH apartment since February 2022 may reduce their advance heating cost payment for December 2022 by a flat rate of 25 %.

However, please note: The option of a one-off reduction in your budget billing payment should not be understood as a credit note. This is merely an opportunity to reduce your payments in the short term. The reduced advance payment will be taken into account in the next heating bill, which means that you risk a higher additional claim for 2022 despite the relief from the federal government. We therefore advise against a reduction. 

If you have had a new tenancy agreement since February 2022, you may reduce your advance payment for heating costs for December 2022 by a one-off flat rate of 25 %. However, we advise against this option, as this is only a short-term relief, but you risk a higher additional claim for 2022.

The option of a one-off reduction in your budget billing payment should not be understood as a credit note. It is merely an opportunity to reduce your payments in the short term. The reduced advance payment will be taken into account in the next heating bill, meaning that you risk a higher additional claim for 2022 despite the relief from the federal government.

Yes, you must pay the rent including operating and (possibly reduced) heating costs in advance for the month of December as usual.

GWH will pass on the calculated reimbursement amount on a one-to-one basis and credit it in the heating bill for 2022. In many cases, this should result in a lower claim for additional payment.

We do not yet have information on the reimbursement amount for all our properties. We will gradually add to the list as soon as we receive new data. Where no information is yet available in the list, we will not be able to provide you with any further information by telephone. In this case, please refrain from calling and check the list again in a few days.

It also happens that several buildings are connected to one heating system. In this case, all buildings relevant for billing are listed.

No legal basis has yet been provided by the federal government. However, there are plans to introduce a cost cap for the period from February/March 2023 to April 2024. According to current information, the costs for the majority of annual consumption are to be capped at 12 ct/kWh for gas and 9 ct/kWh for heat. Please bear in mind, however, that these plans will no longer affect the 2022 bill. As prices in previous years were still around 3-6 ct/kWh for gas, a considerable increase in costs must be expected despite the gas price brake.

If your apartment is supplied by a gas heating system or via district heating and you therefore obtain natural gas or heat directly from the supplier, billing is not handled by GWH. In this case, please contact your supplier directly. You should find all relevant information on the December emergency aid on the website of your respective supplier from the end of November. 

There is no need for action, you do not have to do anything actively. It is purely an information letter that visualizes the potential cost increase for 2022. It does not take into account recently enacted relief measures such as the tax cut or emergency aid.

The letter is intended to illustrate or clarify the costs you could incur and the amount you can save if you reduce the temperature in your home.

This is part of the Ordinance on Securing the Energy Supply through Short-Term Measures (EnSikuMaV). Your home is heated with gas or heat, which is why this information is intended to encourage you to save energy.