Dues payed to the municipalities in order to be able to use public roads and areas for pipelines. The amount of the concession fee varies depending on the type of gas supply and the number of inhabitants in the municipiality. The Ordinance on Concession Charges for Electricity and Gas (Konzessionsabgabenverordnung - KAV) constitutes the basis for this.

The electricity tax is one of the consumption taxes regulated by the federal law. It is levied on electricity in the German tax territory. The Electricity Tax Act (StromStG) as well as the Electricity Tax Implementation Ordinance (StromStV) constitute the legal basis for levying the electricity tax. 

As a customer of the Stadtwerke Energie Jena-Pößneck, you pay the electricity tax at the statutory rate on every kilowatt hour consumed, as do almost all consumer throughout Germany. The standard tax rate (e.g. for household customers) is 2.05 cents (net) per kilowatt hour.

The VAT is due on the net prices. Currently, the tax on electricity consumption is 19 percent. 

The revenue from the KWKG levy is used to cover the corresponding costs arising from the promotion of combined heat and power plants.

Pursuant §§ 26a und 26b of the Combined Heat and Power Act (Kraft-Wärme-Kopplungsgesetz (KWKG)), the German transmission system operators are obliged to determine the KWKG levy for the following calendar year in a transparent manner and to publish it each year by 25^th of October. The annual accounts of the previous calendar years are taken into account accordingly when determining the KWKG levy.

According to the Electricity Grid Charges Ordinance (Stromnetzentgeltverordnung (StromNEV)) of 25^th July 2005, which was last amended by Article 6 of the Act of 20^th July 2022 (BGBI. I S. 1237), final consumers may apply for an individual grid charge pursuant to §19 para. 2 sentence 1 or sentence 2 StromNEV. Likewise, §118 para. 6 sentence 9 EnWG provides for an exemption from grid access charges for, among others, plants that produce hydrogen through water electrolysis. The transmission system operators are obliged to reimburse downstream operators of electricity distribution systems for lost revenues resulting from the exemption from grid access charges of the aforementioned plants or from individual grid access charges. The transmission system operators must compensate each other for these payments and their own lost revenues. The lost revenues are allocated proportionately to all final consumers as a surcharge on the network charges (§19 StromNEV-Umlage).

The revenues from the offshore network levy are used to cover the corresponding costs arising from compensation in the event of disruptions or delays in the connection to offshore plants as well as the costs from the construction and operation of the offshore connection lines. 

Under the abLaV, the transmission system operators have the option of issuing a call for tenders in which suppliers can participate who can reliably reduce their consumption power by a certain amount at the request of the transmission system operators. The costs for the provision and disconnection of the load are covered by the Interruptible Load Levy.

Important note: Pursuant to § 20 para. 2 AbLaV, the ordinance expired for the most part on July 1^st 2022. In 2023, the AbLaV levy will no longer be charged. The amount carried forward from the annual accounts for 2021 and the short fiscal year 2022 will be used to reduce the network charge on the transmission system operators' side in accordance with the provisions of the AregV and as agreed with the Federal Network Agency.