Promotion of photovoltaic systems Easter package

We don’t have a dryer. The freezer, refrigerator, stove, and washing machine are somewhat modern, but not exactly incredible energy-saving wonders. Although nowadays, we are talking about a smaller freezer using about 100 kWh, and a large one about 200 kWh. And otherwise, there isn’t much more. There are two notebooks as computers, and they don’t run all day either. Lighting is now mainly LED (a few energy-saving bulbs are still not broken). The TV is used relatively rarely, sometimes to watch a movie in the evening. Even if I double all the major appliances, there is still no sign of 4000.

If you have had an apartment so far, then you do not pay the technical electricity directly but hidden in the heating costs: that is, pumps and operation of the gas boiler. In a detached house, that can quickly be 300 to 500 kWh per year, which now appears directly on the electricity bill. Additionally, in the house there is a controlled residential ventilation system with another 300 to 500 kWh.

Yes, you are right there. The heating naturally runs on general electricity, which (including elevator, lighting) was charged at €25 last year. There is certainly a scale effect there as well.

Can someone say something about the actual topic? Who is currently receiving the subsidy? Is it possible for private customers to get something or is it aimed at businesses that feed energy directly into the grid?

To my knowledge, as a private person you can also get the higher feed-in tariff. However, you then may no longer use your electricity yourself. And for the system sizes typical for detached houses, that is probably not the more economical option.

so as a classic surplus feed-in private operator you haven't really gained much now. Possibly (this is unfortunately not yet clearly determined) the remuneration will be fixed retroactively from day X. But that is about it. Maybe the VAT issue (depending on how it is designed in Germany) will affect the regular taxation, but that is not part of the Easter package.

Primarily full feed-in operators and the major players were taken into account.

We come to 7500 for three people with air-to-water heat pump + controlled residential ventilation and household electricity. It strongly depends on usage. Do you work from home? That has a huge impact on our electricity bill. Also, we rarely watch classic TV (1-2 devices in the evening), but often play games together in the evening (6-8 devices). Home office is not just the 2 laptops running, but also 4 monitors in our case, lights, coffee machine, etc. – basically the things you otherwise use for free in the office.

Yes, full-time home office for both of us, plus dryer, OLED TV and American fridge, robot for lawn and house – I’m afraid it adds up.

Wow what am I doing wrong then? We need 4000 kWh for two people on 200 sqm living space …. And another 4000 kWh for heating and the electric car … I had 1500 last time I lived alone?!

I have another question for everyone … because it hasn’t left me alone, I measured the daily electricity consumption when we are at home and when we are not: When we are there and not working from home: 10 kWh, when we are not there 5 kWh. I find 50% consumption when no one is there pretty high. All our devices are newly purchased … how do I find out where the high base load is coming from and what does the consumption look like for you?

There are, for example, power meters as plug adapters for the socket. You could get one of those and then go through the individual devices (fridge, TV, router, etc.) Or you unplug the mentioned devices from the socket and look at the change on the power meter. For a rough overview, you can also simply go through the individual fuses. Then you already get the consumption for the individual circuits

I don't find that so unrealistic. We have had 700-800 kWh for years, even the last two years with a lot of home office and a small child only about 1000-1100 kWh.

But that only works if the kitchen stays cold (or do you cook with gas).