The bank’s experts say that this will be due to lower variable delivery rates. They point out that the supply of gas on the international gas market will increase significantly due to the expansion of the capacity for liquefied natural gas (LNG).
Gas tax
According to experts, this development compensates for already announced higher fixed costs and an increase in the gas tax. For households whose homes have already switched off gas completely, the reduction in energy bills may even increase. Then it could be a discount of 9 percent.
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In the calculations, ING assumed constant energy consumption. Anyone who suddenly purchases significantly more electricity or gas next year than this year can of course expect a higher bill.
Energy consumption
The bank also looked at the affordability of energy, i.e. how expenditure develops compared to someone’s income. This year, an average household with an average energy consumption will spend about 4.4 percent of its disposable income on energy. This will probably improve to around 4.1 percent in 2026.