Switching from a pay-as-you-go system to a reimbursement system to finance gas storage filling

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Original text of the question(s):<br /> <br /> How would the change from a pay-as-you-go system to a reimbursement procedure for financing gas storage filling within the scope of the planned Sections 35e ff. of the Energy Industry Act of the currently available "Draft of a Fourth Act to Amend the Energy Industry Act" (Bundestag printed matter 21/1496) be taken into account in the resolution within the framework of the 2026 budget, and which individual plan and title does the Federal Government plan to use here?<br /> <br /> What precautions has the Federal Government taken in the event that when the "Draft of a Fourth Act to Amend the Energy Industry Act" (Bundestag Printed Paper 21/1496) is passed, the forecast provided for in Section 35g Paragraph 2 of the Energy Industry Act (EnWG), which is to be presented by the market area manager with regard to the gas storage levy account, turns out to be higher than the funds set in the 2025 budget, and how would the Federal Government do so? Within the framework of the 2026 budget when the draft is approved, if the final invoice according to Section 35g paragraph 4 EnWG produces a negative difference and the market area manager would have a claim against the Federal Republic of Germany?

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1. 19 September 2025

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   Switching from a pay-as-you-go system to a reimbursement system to finance gas storage filling

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