Determination of the grid fees
The four German transmission system operators (TSOs) with control area responsibility pursuant to Section 3 No. 10a EnWG (50Hertz, Amprion, TenneT and TransnetBW) provide grid users with non-discriminatory access to their grids and the entire electricity market.
The grid fees are used to cover the necessary costs for the needs-based expansion and secure operation of the transmission grid. They are made up of a performance price and a consumption price. The annual performance price is calculated for the annual peak load occurring within a year, while the energy price is used to charge for the electrical energy drawn from the grid. The grid fees depend on the grid level of the grid connection and the duration of use of the electricity consumption, i.e. the ratio of work to power. Grid fees are only charged for the withdrawal of electricity; no grid fees are charged for feeding electricity into the grid.