Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

I thought so. I myself gave the hint with MM. But why should I switch from a 17 cent tariff to 30 cents when the price guarantee brings me nothing? See stromio, gas.de etc. End of 2021. But just wait, you will definitely get an increase as well.

The price guarantees are a fixed part of the contract, confirmed by the regional court (?). In other words: The provider can’t get out of it. Not even Gas.de... You write a few emails with their lawyers, reject all nonsense, start a procedure at the Energy Ombudsman and in the end accept their offer that covers the full additional costs. Yes, it is effort. But I have only made a better hourly wage for emails with our tax return. We received €1,800 from Gas.de.

(Warning, what follows is half-knowledge...) Wasn't the drama anyway that the electricity price is determined by the most expensive producer still needed (which currently is electricity from gas)? So, I don't really know how long-term contracts and local producers and such come into play... but as far as I know, people in northern Germany have also been complaining for a while that they produce cheap green electricity and still the electricity is just as expensive (or even more expensive) for consumers as in the rest of Germany. So, the price formation of electricity in general is somewhat strange.

The price guarantees are a fixed part of the contract, confirmed by the regional court (?). In other words: the provider can’t get out of it. Not even Gas.de...

You write a few emails with their lawyers, reject all nonsense, start a procedure at the Energy Arbitration Board, and finally accept their offer that covers all the additional costs.

Yes, it’s effort. But I only get a better hourly rate than for the emails with our tax return. We received €1,800 from Gas.de.

Okay, you got the money back, we did too by the way, but the end of the story was that you ended up in the basic supply or had to look for a replacement supply. So it’s only a matter of time until everyone pays the same price.

How are the current [bauzinsen] looking, they seem to be falling?

Okay you got your money back, by the way we did too, but in the end you ended up in basic supply or sought substitute supply. So it's only a matter of time before everyone pays the same price.

Yes, we are paying more now, but the additional costs were covered by Gas.de, so what? Besides, our new contract has a fixed price until 2024. So it will take a long time.

Construction loan interest rates have dropped slightly, about 0.25-0.3%. However, this is probably just a small correction and will rise again. Fun fact: 10-year loans are currently cheaper than 5-year loans according to Interhyp.