Current notice
We would like to inform you that you are obliged to inform us immediately if one of the reasons for exclusion according to number 3 of the SPK funding guidelines (in particular the application for or opening of insolvency proceedings or the obligation to file an application for the opening of insolvency proceedings) should occur after the application has been submitted.
Application process
Presentations of the information events on electricity price compensation (17.04.2024) and environmental compensatory measures (24.04.2024) (available in German only)
Electronic Application
The FMS (Form Management System) acquisition software is available for you to use for your application.
From the 2023 billing year, applications for electricity price compensation aid will consist of two components.
Two separate FMS applications must be used for the application:
1. “Electricity price compensation”: the FMS application previously used to record the application data
and
2. “Proof of environmental offsets”: A separate FMS application for the proof of environmental offsets as a prerequisite for the granting of aid in accordance with point 4 of the SPK funding guideline in conjunction with sections 10 and 11 BECV in accordance with the provisions of these guidelines or the guidelines for bodies authorized to carry out audits.
For your information, we provide you with an FMS manual for using the software as well as the “XSD”, the schema of the XML file, and the catalogs used. Using the schema of the XML file, you can import relevant data that you already manage in your own databases or software programs into DEHSt's FMS via a data interface.
New centralized user administration
With the start date 01/04/2024, the new centralized user administration in the “Form Management System” (FMS) will be used.
To start the application process, please create a new user account. You can then use this account in both FMS applications, “Electricity price compensation 2023” and “Proof of ecological compensation 2023”. In addition, this account will also be valid for the FMS application “Carbon Leakage Compensation” in national emissions trading (BEHG, BECV). This means that in future you will only need one account in the FMS and will be able to access all three applications. If you already have an account in the BEHG area of the FMS, you can already use it and do not need to create a new account. Please refer to the information text on the welcome pages of the FMS applications.
Electronic communication
The use of the Virtual Post Office (VPS) is mandatory for the application.
You will need a Qualified Electronic Signature Card (QES) to submit the grant application. You can purchase this signature card from various German trust service providers.
Please note that procurement and activation of the signature card and the necessary card reader can take up to three months. Please allow for this.
More about electronic communication
Eligible Sectors
Electricity price compensation is State aid for a limited group of eligible applicants. These are companies facing a significant risk of carbon leakage due to their production processes characterised by high electricity consumption and referred to as indirect carbon leakage (CL). However, this risk is not analysed individually. The State Aid Guidelines (Annex I) of the European Commission defines which sectors and subsectors are particularly at risk and therefore eligible for aid.
The eligibility of a company to apply is determined by the products manufactured, however, the allocation of a company to a specific economic sector is not critical. An application for State aid can only be made for products that are allocated to one of the sectors or subsectors listed, but it does not extend to further processing into products that are not eligible for aid.
Manuals and assistance
