Gas surcharge is 2.4 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh). Calculation example: With an annual consumption of 16,000 kWh for a living space of 100 square meters, that would be 345 euros per year. In the case of adding VAT, which is not yet certain, the example calculation will add another 75 euros.

Model calculations from comparison portals show the additional costs that consumers can face as a result of the additional cost. For a family of four with a living area of ​​180 square meters and an annual consumption of 20,000 kWh, that would be around 575 euros per year without VAT. A married couple of 12,000 kWh will have additional costs of about 345 euros, while a single family of 5,000 kWh will cost about 144 euros. Actual costs depend on individual heating requirements, insulation, and heated living space. It is also important whether the hot water is heated through the gas heating system.

Additional fees are effective October 1, 2022.

It is collected for a year and a half, that is, by the end of March 2024.

All customers and private companies using gas must pay the additional fee. Renters who do not have their own gas contracts should expect much higher surcharge bills. So it is recommended to save money.

not yet. The federal government is still studying this question.

The fee appears as an surcharge on your gas bill. However, this will not happen on October 1, but only four to eight weeks later, i.e. in the November or December bill. The reason: Companies have to adhere to certain notice periods.

Energy companies that currently receive much less gas from Russia will be exempted from what was contractually agreed. Because Russia supplies less gas, these companies have to buy gas from elsewhere at a much higher price, but in many cases they cannot pass on the additional costs immediately to gas customers, who often have fixed-price contracts and longer terms. Importers have to bear the additional costs themselves until the end of September, after which they can pass 90 percent of the higher purchase costs through the tax.

In addition to exempting gas importers, the tax should also be an incentive to save gas so that there are no bottlenecks in the winter. At the moment, many gas customers are still unaware of the price hike, because prices are still fixed with the respective provider. In addition, the federal government wants to prevent important system-wide gas importers from going bankrupt and threatening supply failure.

This is to be expected. Gas customers have reported that the new working price is currently three times the old price after the price cap has expired. Consumer advocates also assume that gas suppliers will increase prices significantly. Another increase in the gas tax is also not excluded. It is updated every three months.

The federal government plans to further ease the burden on low-income groups in particular. Housing allowance is scheduled to increase significantly from 2023 and permanent heating cost subsidy is planned for low-income families.

His friend was thrown to the side |

Climber (33) hit by lightning – dead!

Bad luck in Slovakia!

A lightning strike killed a hiker and injured another in the High Tatras.

As the mountain rescue service HZS reported Monday evening, the two men from Poland were surprised by a storm on a popular hiking trail down Mount Krivan.

One of the men was hit by direct lightning and died on the spot, as determined by an emergency doctor who was brought to the scene by helicopter.

His companion, who is the same age, was struck by a lightning strike and sustained injuries to his face and spine. Although he was able to talk to the mountain rescuers and the doctor, he didn’t remember what had happened.

He also couldn’t feel or move his legs. The helicopter took him to Poprad City Hospital. Rescuers in the mountains said his condition was stable.

The Mountain Rescue Service took advantage of the accident as an opportunity to warn all mountain hikers to always expect rapid changes in the weather in the high mountains in summer.

If there is a risk of thunderstorms, one should avoid such paths that it is not possible to quickly return to a safe environment. Mount Krivan is one of the national symbols of Slovakia and appears on European Slovak coins.

What should I do if I am stuck in a thunderstorm outdoors?

In general, avoid free-standing wooden poles or trees. For example, depressions in the ground, caves or the foot of a ledge provide good protection.

Lightning most often strikes the highest point (a tall building, treetop, mountain), but it may also strike a flat lawn. Do not lie down! This gives your body more surface area. Protective stance: your feet close to each other, sit in a squat position, put your arms around your legs and pull your head inward.

You must maintain a distance of at least one meter, preferably three metres, from all objects. At least ten meters from the trees. Otherwise, lightning may jump or fall branches may cause injuries.

At the lake or pool: Get out of the water fast!

By the way: the proverb “one has to look for beech” is incorrect – lightning does not distinguish between types of trees. (rgz, dpa)

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DrRussian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un want to develop relations between their two countries. North Korean state media reported Monday, in a letter to Kim on the day Korea was liberated from Japanese colonial rule (1910 to 1945), that Putin wrote that both sides share a tradition of bilateral friendship and cooperation.

Putin was quoted as saying that it is in the interest of the peoples of the two countries to develop relations. It will also help „strengthen security and stability on the Korean Peninsula and throughout the Northeast Asian region.”

After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, largely isolated North Korea pledged its political support for Putin’s path. In July, for example, the leadership in Pyongyang, after Russia and Syria, recognized the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, separated from Kyiv, as independent states. As a result, Ukraine severed diplomatic relations with North Korea.

According to reports from North Korea, Kim also sent a salute to Putin. In the letter, Kim, for his part, expressed his belief that friendly relations „are consolidating in all areas.” The basis for this is the agreements that the two countries reached at their summit in April 2019 in the Russian city of Vladivostok.

All developments in the live broadcast tape:

6:26 a.m. – Zelensky appeals to the Russians – those who remain silent support the war

Ukrainian President Zelensky called on the Russians to protest the war. „Evil is occurring on such a scale that silence amounts to complicity,” he said in his video address on Sunday. „If you have Russian citizenship and you remain silent, it means that you are not fighting, which means that you support it,” Zelensky said. Contrary to previous appeals addressed to the inhabitants of the belligerent neighboring country, the president addressed them not in Russian, but in Ukrainian.

According to opinion polls, the majority of Russians support the course of President Vladimir Putin. However, the validity is uncertain. The Russian power apparatus severely punishes outspoken criticism of the war.

02:35 a.m. – Russian army advances into Donbass

According to the Ukrainian General Staff, the Russian army has won on the ground near the small town of Pakhmot in Donbass, which has been under attack for days. Report the situation in Kyiv spoke of the „partial success” of the Russians. Attacks were repulsed in other places, such as Pisky outside Donetsk. With strong positions near Pesci, the Ukrainian army has prevented pro-Russian separatists from repairing and using the city’s devastated airport militarily since 2014.

1:00 am – 42 countries demand the withdrawal of Russian troops from nuclear power plants

In the dispute over the Russian-occupied Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, Ukraine can count on the broad support of Western countries. 42 countries and the European Union issued a statement in Vienna calling for the immediate withdrawal of Russian forces from the power plant and the return of control to Ukraine. Artillery shells fell again in the town of Enerhodar, adjacent to the nuclear power plant. For weeks, Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of bombing Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, causing a nuclear disaster.

„The concentration of the Russian army and weapons in the nuclear facility is unacceptable,” the Vienna statement on Zaporizhia said on Sunday. It is signed on behalf of the European Union and its member states, but also by countries such as the USA, Great Britain, Norway, Australia, Japan and New Zealand. Russia is violating the safety principles to which all member states of the International Atomic Energy Agency have adhered.

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