As part of its process of establishing the new Regulation for a
General Electricity Grid Charges System (Festlegung der Allgemeinen
Netzentgeltsystematik Strom (AgNes Regulation), case no.
GBK-25-01-1#3), the German Federal Network Agency
(Bundesnetzagentur, or BNetzA) recently
published the ‘Guidelines for Storage Grid Charges'
(Orientierungspunkte Speichernetzentgelte) on 16 January 2026.
The AgNes Regulation will replace the
existing statutory provisions of the Electricity Network Access
Ordinance (Stromnetzentgeltverordnung, or StromNEV) as of 1 January
2029 and will introduce a new grid-charges system for
Germany. Under the current legal framework, grid
charges have been paid by end consumers who draw electricity from
the public grid. This system will change in the future: As part of
the AgNes Regulation process, the BNetzA has outlined a target
vision for a new grid-charges system, taking into account the
changed framework conditions of the energy transition.
