Special termination of an electricity or gas contract after a price rise (Germany)
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Notice ending your electricity or gas contract in Germany after an announced price increase, without a notice period, on the day the new price is due to apply. Outside basic supply this rests on § 41(5) of the German Energy Industry Act (EnWG), in basic supply (Grundversorgung) on § 5(3) of the StromGVV or GasGVV; basic supply can also be ended at any time on two weeks' notice. With customer and meter numbers, supply address, date of the price notice, a fallback notice for the next possible date and a request to confirm the end date in text form. In German.
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The details the document asks for.
- Customer
- Customer's address
- Energy or gas supplier
- Energy supplier's postal address
- City
- Date
- Client number
- Meter number
- Date of the price change notice
- Electricity or gas (Germany)
- Price change takes effect on
- Supply address (where the energy is used)
- Type of supply contract
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Common questions
- By when must a special termination after an energy price rise reach the supplier in Germany?
- The termination takes effect on the day the price change is due to apply — not later (§ 41(5) EnWG; in basic supply § 5(3) StromGVV or GasGVV). So send it as soon as you get the notice, and in any case so that it arrives before that day. Outside basic supply the supplier must tell household customers of a price change at least one month in advance; in basic supply it must announce it publicly at least six weeks ahead.
- How do I know whether my energy supply in Germany is basic supply (Grundversorgung)?
- Basic supply is the local default supplier's tariff that applies without your choosing a contract, for example after moving; the bill usually says so. Any other tariff, even with the same company, is a special contract. In basic supply you can in any case give two weeks' notice at any time (§ 20 StromGVV or GasGVV) — the special termination is worth using there when the new price would apply sooner.
- Must the energy supplier in Germany confirm the termination, and can the new supplier give notice for me?
- Yes. Outside basic supply the supplier must confirm a household customer's notice in text form within one week of receiving it, stating the end date (§ 41b EnWG); in basic supply it must do so without delay (§ 20 StromGVV or GasGVV). When switching, the new supplier can give notice for you under your authority; for a special termination it is often safer to send it yourself, because the date is tight.
- In what form must an electricity or gas contract be terminated in Germany?
- Text form is enough: an e-mail with this document will do, and the supplier may not require a stricter form (§ 309 no. 13 BGB; for basic supply § 20 StromGVV or GasGVV). What counts is receipt by the supplier (§ 130 BGB). Keep the sent e-mail, or use the “Verträge hier kündigen” button if the contract was made online (§ 312k BGB) and save the confirmation; the tracking record of a letterbox-delivered registered letter does not on its own prove receipt (Federal Labour Court, 2 AZR 68/24).
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