Change or choose your temporary power supplier yourself

I believe anyway that you HAVE to take the basic supplier.

That’s what I had also assumed so far. Today Rheinenergie contacted me, saying they stepped in as part of the replacement supply since we don’t have a supplier yet. Strange; after all, we got the meter from them as well. And now they write that the network provider informed them about the electricity connection.....

So just ignore it and keep things running as before?

Call there and ask if you sleep better afterwards. Basically, be prepared to put in an extra 500 euros here and there during construction without seeing it coming. If you keep thinking about it every time for that long, the construction phase will be exhausting.

Why shouldn't I have seen that coming? It should be clear to everyone that construction power is not free. However, it is new to me that you can use a provider other than the utility company for it.

I understand what you're getting at. But how many people chase after weekly deals in the supermarket just because the yogurt is 3 cents cheaper? And then suddenly, here and there, 150€, 500€ without comment don't matter and are supposed to be accepted without complaint? I agree that we shouldn't argue with just anyone here, but such a question should still be allowed. Otherwise, with "very often" 500€ extra, the agreed credit limit will eventually be reached.