Today, German gas customers will find out what additional costs they will have to pay when the amount of the state gas levy is announced. The Ministry of Economic Affairs most recently estimated a range of 1.5 to 5 cents per kilowatt hour. The levy is intended to benefit gas suppliers who have to buy substitute gas from Russia at high prices. To minimize the burden, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner is trying to prevent a value-added tax on the gas levy and has written to EU Economic Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni, asking him to use his right of initiative to change EU law to achieve this. Read more in the News.