Price Increases (specifically Hetzner - But will be others)

Same. Was paying £120 a month last year, and it's gone to £295 a month now, and I have 18 solar panels on my roof

 

Best wishes. to all those with (too) high energy bills. I myself have a multi-year (pre conflict) contract that doesn't expire until early 2024. I'm fine unless they don't go bankrupt or the government makes up the excuse and voids all contracts to (supposedly) show solidarity with all of the inhabitants.

Anyway, it does irritate me. There are a few companies and a few billionaires getting very rich right now. With the excuse, war, corona, chip shortage etc.

Some oil and gas companies are turning 90+% more profit. But politicians looked at it and thought it was fine.

Politicians want to keep open the possibility of an easy job (a commesorship in a large company) later in their career. And remain pussycat to the big boys.

 

I got the same email for the USA based VPS I have with them.

 

Wondering if Hetzner is actually spending more on power.
Or if it's a simple way to raise prices.

Often large consumers buy off the energy consumption for several years.
Additionally. Bulk consumers (>100.000 kWh electricity and/or ≥G40 m3 for gas) in Europe pay much less for energy than home users consumers.

 

Hetzner bought a very large site of 50 hectares a few years back for a solar panel park. Then they are not dependent on a supplier. And they are self-sufficient. Then you can send an email that the electricity price in Germany has been increased from € 0.29/kWh to € 0.45/kWh. But if you are self-sufficient that is irrelevant. And just an easy way to increase revenue under the guise of expensive energy.

 

Increase is not much, more like around $20/year for me. If this is what they need to continue to provide the service at current level, I don't mind paying it.

 

Why indicate by Hetzner that the specific electricity via an external supplier has increased in price by € 0.29/kWh to € 0.45/kWh but not report what you generate yourself, consume and thus defacto, if neeeded, have to buy extra. If at all necessary. When you make prices public. Then make the whole picture public and not specific cost items. When only specific data is made public. You can't do much with it.