(de-news.net) – Klaus Müller, president of the Federal Network Agency, announced that he did not expect electricity prices to rise in the coming year, offering an assessment intended to calm consumer concerns amid broader economic uncertainty. According to multiple reports, he argued that the steady and substantial expansion of renewable energy production—particularly wind and solar—was enlarging the overall supply of electricity in Germany. This expanded supply, he noted, exerted a moderating effect on wholesale generation prices, as greater volumes of low-marginal-cost renewable power increasingly shaped market dynamics. Müller emphasized that this trend reflected structural shifts in the energy sector that were likely to continue as additional renewable-energy projects connected to the grid.
At the same time, he acknowledged that substantial investments in grid modernization and expansion were expected to push network fees upward. These costs stem from the need to upgrade infrastructure to handle decentralized renewable generation, integrate storage solutions, and strengthen regional transmission capacity. Nevertheless, Müller highlighted that the federal government’s 6.5 billion euros in subsidies for grid fees would offset these upward pressures for the coming year. As a result, households and businesses could, in his view, reasonably anticipate stable or even modestly declining electricity prices—an outcome that he presented as critical for maintaining public confidence in the energy transition.
Looking beyond the immediate outlook, Müller stressed that long-term price stability could be guaranteed only if Germany succeeded in reducing the costs associated with grid expansion and distributing those costs more equitably among energy-system participants. He suggested that the current financing model placed a disproportionate burden on certain groups of consumers while allowing others to benefit from the grid without contributing sufficiently to its development. As an example, he argued that rooftop solar operators, who increasingly rely on a well-functioning and technologically advanced network to feed surplus generation into the system, should bear a higher share of future grid costs. Such adjustments, he contended, would not only enhance fairness but also help secure the financial foundation needed to sustain Germany’s rapidly evolving electricity infrastructure over the long term.
