Your network operator would like to control your devices? Are you planning to buy a new heat pump or a wall box and want to be prepared for everything? Or you just want to reduce your electricity bill?
On this page we explain to you what the §14a of the Energy Industry Act means specifically for you.
The most important thing shortly
- New wall boxes and heat pumps From the 1.1.2024 May your network operator control - if he wants. Whether he will do this is very doubtful - the Hurd For him are very high.
- In the case of a control, the devices are only allowed on 4.2 kW of performance each be cleared. So you should make sure that your new devices are able to implement this tiered regulation.
- You also have right to one Compensation, from 2025 also on one Zeit variables network fee.
- An energy management that is connected to the intelligent measuring system locally, You don't need.
- We help you through the Shifting your electricity consumption With the time variable network fee to reduce your electricity bill.
More information on the website of the Federal Network Agency
Who concerns the network control according to §14a EnWG?
Your network operator can demand that your wall box, your heat pump or your home battery can be remotely controlled. But that affects Only devices installed after January 1, 2024 became. And all those devices for which there is already an agreement with the network operator on the old §14a EnWG.
The regulation is for all other devices that were installed by December 31, 2023 voluntarily. Due to the compensation, it can still be worth it for you!
Home Battery are only then obliged to be remote controlIf you load from the network. The network operator must not influence the charging processes in the event of a PV surplus or unloading the battery.
Will my network operator request controllability?
The §14a Energiewirtschaftsgesetz (EnWG) and the determination of the Federal Network Agency give your network operator the right to control your new devices. However, whether he does this is completely open. Because such a request would have Significant consequences for your network operator. Because the network operator
- By connecting your devices via the intelligent measurement system, has additional costs (including through services from the measuring point operators),
- must compensate yourself and other users for remote control and implement these payments in their accounting system,
- has to expand its network promptly after a control,
- must report the control via an internet platform and
- After a control, it must be able to monitor your complete network in real time within two years.
In addition, the technology for controlling devices via the intelligent measuring system is not yet fully developed. Therefore we assume that many network operators First in the coming years No devices control become and shy away from it become remote control from their network users.
What does the control of the devices by the network operator mean for me?
The Federal Network Agency has made close requirements for network operators. The §14a EnWG is only one Emergency paragraph. So network operators can Only then control your devices, If you serious threats See for the safety of your network. You also have to identify the reasons and understand it in a comprehensible manner.
The scope of the control is also very limited. The network operator may only reduce your devices in their performance - the so -called "dimming". That means: Wallbox and heat pump are allowed also operated at a maximum of 4.2 kW when controlling by the network operator become. Most modern heat pumps are likely to continue to run undisturbed with this performance. Charging columns would have to be throttled.
In addition, the network operator may only a maximum of two hours a day steer. Only when he is able to determine the condition of his network in real time can it also be set out longer in an emergency. After the control, he must also start expanding the network in such a way that controls will no longer be necessary in the future.
As a person concerned, you are also entitled to financial compensation.
How is I compensated for the intervention by the network operator?
The network operator is compensated Reductions of your electricity bill to. The network operator reduces the so -called network charges for your electricity supplier. This reduction shows you your electricity supplier in your invoice.
You can get out three compensation variants choose:
- A flat -rate discount from 110 to 190 euros (depending on your network area)
- Or one percentage reduction of the labor price by 60%. To do this, you have to install a separate counter for the controllable devices.
- From 2025, the flat -rate discount can also be combined with an additional module: one Time variable network fee
(The network charges fluctuate here and thus your electricity price depending on the time of day, there is an incentive for you to get the electricity from the network when it is cheap and the network is not overloaded)
More information on the Website of the decision chamber 8 of the Federal Network Agency
How can I benefit from the claim to compensation?
If you want to benefit from the compensation, all you have to do is Apply for network operatorsthat he Remote control of the devices manufactures. With this order to connect your devices to the control technology of the network operator, you have met all relevant requirements and are entitled to compensation - even if the control is actually manufactured later.
However, you have to expect that the connection of your devices to the control technology of the network operator will incur costs for you. Because
- Your measuring point operator must activate the remote control in your intelligent measuring system or install a control box. There are clearly defined statutory price upper limits for this.
- For the cabling between your device and the intelligent measurement system as well as for conversions required in your meter cabinet, there may be additional costs. You have to pay for them.
So you should check exactly in advance how expensive you can connect the devices.
Do I need an energy management system (HEMS) that can accept the control signals of the network operator directly on the intelligent measuring system?
No. The network operator commissioned the measuring point operator to install a control box. Your devices are connected directly to these (see presentation below). A minimum output of 4.2 kW is always available for each device.
In detail we have that on the page for Intelligent measuring system explained.
But you should make sure that yours Devices can be taxable to 4.2 kW. Otherwise, your network operator may switch off the devices completely if necessary.
What should I pay attention to?
First of all, you should check whether it may be worthwhile for you to proactively apply for the remote control of the systems from your network operator in order to benefit from the compensation. This depends on the specific costs for the connection and conversion of your meter cabinet.
If your network operator demands the remote control from you, you should make sure that your devices ropable taxable are on a performance value of 4.2 kW. If the devices cannot be controlled to this service, your network operator may also switch off the devices entirely.
The control box installed by the measuring point operator has to connect your devices two interfaces: Relay circuits as well as EEBUS.
At a Relay circuit Most devices are completely switched off today. It is therefore important that your device can be settled to 4.2 kW via the relay dry contact.
It would be better if the device over a Eebus interface has and thus receives the control signals IP-based. Then a tiered control can also be introduced to 4.2 kW using firmware update.
We also recommend that the Choosing a time variable network fee to check. In the end of 2024 we will use your data to calculate whether you can save electricity costs with a time -variable network fee.
What can our app do for me?
We can help you one Avoid control by the network operator and yours Reduce electricity bill.
You choose that Zeit variable network fee As compensation for controllability by the network operator, we can optimize your devices to these variable prices.
An example:
Your network operator has an increased network fee of 10 ct/kWh from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. In the rest of the time, the network fee is only 5 CT/kWh.
We will now move the charging processes of your electric car, the heating phases of your heat pump and the consumption of your other devices to the cheaper period as possible. This saves you 5 cents per kWh of consumption - every day!
This optimization will not only save you money but also postpone your consumption in such a way that it no longer takes place if there are many bottlenecks in the power grid and your network operator wants to cover your systems.