Energy costs: If you oversleep this step, you pay twice for electricity and gas
Over 9 million Germans move every year, over 25,000 a day! So that you don’t experience any nasty surprises with the current energy prices, you must take care of the termination in good time. Because: If you do nothing at all, double the costs could arise in extreme cases.
Moving to another apartment isn’t just about packing boxes and lugging furniture. You also have to take care of the contracts with the energy suppliers!
If you oversleep, you could end up with two contracts and pay twice. With the current energy prices, that would hardly be possible. We’ll show you how to avoid that.
Cancel electricity and gas in good time
For example, if you get your electricity from the basic supplier, you can cancel at short notice within two weeks before the end of the lease.
Otherwise, you may have to pay for the electricity consumption of the old and new apartment at the same time for a while – you would then have to laboriously enforce the refund claim from the next tenants.
Special notice when moving
However, anyone who moves has a special right of termination in relation to other suppliers. This has been explicitly regulated by law for some time. However, the period of six weeks is significantly longer.
But watch out:
This termination only becomes effective if the energy supplier does not offer to continue the contract at your new place of residence within 14 days. If delivery is also possible there, then
have to
You even continue the gas and electricity contract in the new apartment. Here too there is a pitfall, because anyone who is already looking for a new provider could also encounter double the costs.
When taking over the contract, make sure that the remaining term and prices remain the same. If the provider changes anything, you do not have to agree and your cancellation will take effect.
Double electricity contract due to wrong meter number
It is also important that you pay close attention to the meter number when concluding a contract for the new apartment – so never take it over from the previous tenant without checking it!
If you forward the neighbor’s meter number to the new supplier, you pay for the consumption and at the same time a basic supply contract is concluded with your actual meter. So you have to pay twice as well.
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