Electricity costs and the right tariff

Our tariff calculator shows you this individually for your consumption. Your electricity costs depend on your annual consumption, your location and the tariff you choose.

In the tariff calculator on our website and in the PLAN-B Neo app, you can

1. enter your zip code and annual consumption,
2. choose whether you are a private or commercial customer
3. see at a glance which tariffs and prices apply to you.

Any bonuses and benefits are displayed transparently so that you can see exactly how your prize is made up.

A dynamic tariff follows the principle: If electricity is cheap on the stock exchange, you benefit — if it is expensive, you pay more. The labor price therefore changes depending on the price of electricity on the stock exchange.

Especially with smart meters or IMs, you can benefit from using energy-intensive devices (e.g. e-car charging, heat pump, washing machine) in times of low prices. But to do this, you need the willingness to deal with price fluctuations to a certain extent.

Your price is based directly on current stock market electricity prices. With a dynamic tariff, the labor price is not fixed permanently, but follows the stock market electricity prices.

Remember:

• If stock market prices are low, you pay less.
• If stock market prices rise, your electricity price may be correspondingly higher.

In this way, you can benefit from favorable market phases, but you must also expect price fluctuations. For many customers, this is an opportunity to consciously manage their consumption and optimize costs.

You can selectively shift your consumption to cheap hours and thus save money.

With a smart meter/ intelligent measurement system and a dynamic tariff, you can actively use the price fluctuations for yourself:

• Our app shows you when electricity is particularly cheap.
• You can use energy-intensive devices (e.g. e-car, heat pump, washing machine) at a low price or charge your e-car, for example.
• Reduce your consumption in expensive hours.

In this way, you reduce your costs, use electricity more efficiently and at the same time contribute to relieving the load on the grid during periods of peak load.

Electricity prices are changing for all electricity providers because supply and demand on the energy market are constantly shifting.
When a lot of electricity is needed or only a little renewable energy is available, the stock market price rises.

The price of electricity works like this:

• Power exchange = marketplace for providers and buyers of electricity.
• Trading determines the price of electricity on the stock exchange.
• Price fluctuates hourly depending on demand and availability.
• With dynamic tariffs, the labor price is based on the stock exchange price.
• In the app, you can follow the price development at any time.

If, on the other hand, a lot of wind or solar power is fed in and demand is low, prices can fall.
Factors such as weather conditions, seasons and the costs of fossil fuels or CO₂ certificates also influence the market price. These developments have a particular impact on dynamic tariffs, which directly reflect the stock market price.

This explains the typical fluctuations — regardless of the fact that with PLAN-B NET ZERO ENERGY you always receive electricity from 100% renewable sources.

You can publicly view the stock exchange price and follow the current price development in our PLAN-B NEO app.

Important:

In the app, you usually see the share of “stock market electricity.” The values shown are pure stock market electricity prices (EPEX Spot, €/kWh) and do not include network charges, levies or taxes.

Your actual price is made up of:

• Stock market electricity price
• government taxes and levies
• Network charges

These components are transparently included in your tariff.