Basic gas supply
Stadtwerke Gießen AG is the basic supplier in the network area of Mittelhessen Netz GmbH in accordance with Section 36 (1) of the German Energy Industry Act (EnWG). In this capacity, we are obliged to supply household customers at general terms and conditions and general prices. Household customers within the meaning of Section 3 No. 22 of the Energy Industry Act are end consumers who purchase energy primarily for their own household consumption or for their own consumption for professional, agricultural or commercial purposes not exceeding an annual consumption of 10,000 kWh.
Tariff information
| Minimum contract term | 2 weeks |
| Cancellation period | 2 weeks to the end of the term |
| Price guarantee | none |
| Sales area | only in the network area of Mittelhessen Netz GmbH (MIT.N) |
| Target group | household customers = end consumers who purchase energy primarily for their own household consumption or for their own consumption for professional, agricultural or commercial purposes not exceeding an annual consumption of 10,000 kWh |
| net 1 | gross 2 | |
| Heating 1 (up to 15,655 kWh/year) | ||
| Labour price Ct/kWh | 10,83 | 12,89 |
| Basic price EUR/year | 60,50 | 72,00 |
| Heating 2 (up to 60,800 kWh/year) | ||
| Labour price Ct/kWh | 10,32 | 12,28 |
| Basic price EUR/year | 60,50 | 72,00 |
| Heating 3 (from 60,801 kWh/year) | ||
| Labour price Ct/kWh | 10,15 | 12,08 |
| Basic price EUR/year | 243,70 | 290,00 |
1 including all price components (energy supply, grid fees, fees for metering services, metering and grid billing, natural gas tax,CO2 price, concession fee, gas storage levy, balancing levy), excluding VAT
2 including VAT (from 01.04.2024: 19 %).
Price status: 01.04.2024 (net prices 01.07.2023)
Transfer prices for larger meters
For larger meters, the following billing prices are charged in addition to the basic prices stated above:
| Meter size | Billing price EUR/year | ||
| net 1 | gross 2 | gross 3 | |
| G 10 - G 25 | 25,00 | 26,75 | 29,75 |
| G 40 - G 100 | 150,00 | 160,50 | 178,50 |
| G 160 - G 400 | 250,00 | 267,50 | 297,50 |
| > G 400 | 500,00 | 535,00 | 595,00 |
1 including all price components, excluding VAT, price status 01/01/2022
2 including VAT, until 31/03/2024: 7 %
3 including VAT, from 01/04/2024: 19 %
Replacement gas supply
In accordance with § 38 EnWG, Stadtwerke Gießen shall assume the so-called replacement supply if
- gas is purchased by the connection user without this purchase being attributable to a specific gas supply contract, or
- the actual gas supplier of the connection user does not feed energy into the grid in accordance with its contractual obligations (e.g. as a result of insolvency).
A distinction is made here between household customers and non-household customers.
According to the German Energy Industry Act (EnWG),household customers are end consumers who purchase energy primarily for their own household consumption or for their own consumption for professional, agricultural or commercial purposes that does not exceed 10,000 kilowatt hours per year.
Non-household customers are final consumers who purchase more than 10,000 kWh per year for professional, agricultural or commercial purposes.
from 01.04.2023
| net 1 | gross 2 | gross 3 | |
| Labour price Ct/kWh | 11,00 | 11,77 | 13,09 |
1 excluding all levies, charges and grid utilisation fees, excluding VAT
2 excluding all levies, charges and grid usage fees, including VAT (until 31 March 2024: 7 %)
3 excluding all levies, charges and grid usage fees, including VAT (from 1 April 2024: 19%)
Price status: 01/04/2023