{
  "id": 18107798,
  "title": "Electricity consumption in Germany: This is the average amount of electricity used by households",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/stromverbrauch-in-deutschland-so-viel-strom-verbrauchen-haushalte-im",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-04T10:51:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/energie/stromverbrauch-in-deutschland-2026-so-viel-strom-verbrauchen-haushalte-im-durchschnitt/29024506.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Germany's electricity market has stabilized since 2023, with prices mostly below 30 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh). According to Verivox, a comparison portal, the current average electricity price for new customers is 33 cents per kWh. The total electricity consumption in Germany in 2025 was around 465.8 terawatt-hours (TWh), similar to 2024. The average annual electricity consumption for two people living together is 1,900 kWh in a multi-family house and 2,700 kWh in a single-family house. The Bundesnetzagentur reported that the net electricity generation in 2025 was 437.6 TWh, almost unchanged from 2024.",
  "summary": "What is the average electricity consumption of private individuals? When is it too high? The average values of the electricity mirror reveal it.",
  "key_points": [
    "German households average 1,900 kWh electricity consumption per year for two people.",
    "Single-family homes consume 2,700 kWh annually without warm water heating.",
    "Average electricity price in Germany is 33 cents per kWh as of October 28, 2026."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}