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Since 2023, the expansion of renewable energies has no longer been financed via the EEG levy, but from the federal budget. The amount required is published in October of each year for the following year.
Since 2023, renewable energies have no longer been funded via the EEG levy, but from federal budget funds.
The financing requirements for this are determined annually in advance in accordance with the Energy Financing Act (EnFG). The financing covers the difference between the income and expenditure of the transmission system operators in accordance with Annex 1 of the EnFG.
The transmission system operators publish the EEG financing requirements for 2024 on their websites by October 25, 2023 in accordance with Section 51 (1) EnFG.
The EEG financing requirement for 2024 amounts to EUR 10.616 billion.
The concept for the forecasting procedure and the basis for calculating the EEG financing requirement for 2024 can be downloaded here:
Until 2022, the EEG levy financed the expansion of renewable energies; since 2023, funding has been provided via the federal budget. You can find out more about the respective financing requirements here.