Saxony-Anhalt: Kröber: Significant savings through the gas price brake

Magdeburg/Berlin (dpa/sa) - The spokesman for the SPD state group in Saxony-Anhalt in the Bundestag, Martin Kröber, welcomed the federal government's decision on the gas price brake.

Saxony-Anhalt: Kröber: Significant savings through the gas price brake

Magdeburg/Berlin (dpa/sa) - The spokesman for the SPD state group in Saxony-Anhalt in the Bundestag, Martin Kröber, welcomed the federal government's decision on the gas price brake. For a four-person household that consumes an average of 10,000 kilowatt hours, the gas price for the coming year in Magdeburg, for example, will be reduced by 682 euros, explained Kröber. Without the gas price brake, the example family would pay 2145 euros, now it is 1463 euros. According to Kröber, the gas price brake for the model household in Halle provides a reduction of 838 euros, in Stendal it is 523 euros, in Halberstadt 287 euros and in Weißenfels 442 euros. The money is urgently needed for the people in view of the current inflation.

Kröber emphasized that the brake should apply retrospectively from January. "People use on average almost 70 percent of their gas between October and February."

On Friday, the Federal Cabinet decided on the gas and electricity price brakes planned for next year. As the Federal Ministry of Economics announced on Friday afternoon, the two draft laws on the relief for energy customers have now cleared the next hurdle. The Bundestag and Bundesrat are then to make a final decision on the energy brakes in December so that they can come into force as planned in the coming year.

The federal government is reacting to the sharp rise in energy prices with price brakes worth billions. They are intended to cushion the burden on households and companies from the coming year.