Scholz initially gave no dates for implementation. According to North Rhine-Westphalia’s Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst (CDU), the federal states unanimously called for the gas price brake to come earlier than previously planned, otherwise there would be a gap in January where it does not yet apply. He is grateful to Scholz for having promised to at least examine an earlier entry into force in the Federal Cabinet this month. “We are convinced that it would be a good signal if the federal government closed the winter gap,” said Wüst.
The decision paper of the federal-state summit states that the gas price brake will be “introduced on March 1, 2023” as proposed by the gas price commission. However, “retroactivity to February 1, 2023 (…) is being sought”.
