Electricity & gas on autopilot – saving without the tariff jungle

German energy pricing has an uncomfortable truth: loyalty is punished. Utilities attract new customers with bonuses and discounts – after the first contract year, existing customers slide into pricier tariffs, often without noticing. If you never switch, you pay the mark-up year after year. Depending on consumption and region, the gap between a legacy tariff and the best new-customer offer often amounts to several hundred euros per year.

Why hardly anyone keeps up manual switching

In theory, everyone could compare and switch annually. In practice it fails on three points:

• Tariff jungle: bonuses with strings attached, price guarantees with exceptions, notice periods in the small print – a proper comparison takes time and experience.
• Deadlines: miss the cancellation date and you are locked into the expensive tariff for another year.
• Repetition: the savings effect lives on regularity. Switching once is good – switching every year is the real lever.

The solution: an automatic switching service

That is exactly the work an automatic switching service takes over. We partner with remind.me, one of the leading providers in Germany. The principle in three steps:

1. Register once: you store your current contract data and grant a switching mandate. You see your savings potential right at sign-up.
2. Annual review: experts compare your tariff against the market regularly – including bonuses, but excluding bait offers (vetted suppliers, fair contract terms).
3. Automatic switch: if changing supplier pays off, the service handles cancellation and registration completely. Your supply continues uninterrupted throughout – that is guaranteed by law in Germany.

Cost to you: none. The service is financed by a commission from the new energy supplier – much like an insurance broker is paid through commission. According to the provider, households save on average several hundred euros a year through regular switching.

Who benefits most

• Anyone with the same supplier for over a year – the savings potential is usually largest here, especially in the expensive default supply (Grundversorgung).
• High-consumption households (families, heat pump, EV): the higher the usage, the bigger the absolute effect.
• Everyone tired of comparison portals: set it up once, benefit permanently.

Automatic switching only makes little sense in special cases – for instance heavily subsidised employer tariffs or bundled wallbox contracts. We check that honestly with you upfront.

Bottom line

The energy market rewards switchers and punishes loyalty – and that is unlikely to change. An automatic switching service turns the mechanism to your advantage: you permanently secure new-customer conditions without ever comparing tariffs, tracking deadlines or filling in forms again.

Want to know how much is in it for you? Ask us – we set up the switching service together with you and, if you like, keep an eye on the rest of your fixed costs too.