The majority of balancing group managers refuse to pass on the distribution. The market area manager THE announced the distribution of almost 1 billion euros at the beginning of the year. This sum was generated in surpluses between October 2023 and September 2024 on the levy account for performance-metered customers (RLM).
This is not the first distribution of this kind to lead to distribution issues between suppliers and customers. According to Ecotec, the excuses of the balancing group managers are reminiscent of "Till Eulenspiegel and the picaresque novels of the 16th century". It is also disappointing that there is a lack of clear support for the issue from politicians, authorities and associations. Even companies majority-owned by the federal government refused to pass it on. "And this despite the fact that on Sundays people like to preach about easing the burden on energy-intensive industry - but the opposite happens on weekdays," says Ecotec founder Markus Schnier.