An apparatus for supplying at least one consumer with electrical energy or for providing electrical power for at least one consumer from an on-board motor vehicle electrical system, comprising - a control circuit designed as an IC and having an input by means of which electrical energy can be supplied to the control circuit from the on-board motor vehicle electrical system, and having at least a first output and a second output, wherein a consumer can be powered via its first connector with electrical energy from the on-board motor vehicle electrical system by the control circuit via each of said two outputs (3, 4), and respectively the control circuit provides electrical power for a consumer in that the first output of the control circuit is directly connected to the individual consumer and the second output of the control circuit is connected to the same individual consumer via an external resistor, - at least one external resistor (R 3, R 4, R 8) arranged outside the IC, for emitting possible lost electrical power outside the IC, wherein firstly the external resistor (R 3, R 4, R 8) is connected to the second output of the control circuit, and secondly the consumer can be connected to the external resistor (R 3, R 4, R 8), - wherein the desired value for the electrical power of the consumer, which electrical power can be controlled by the control circuit, can be prespecified, and - wherein the dividing of the electrical energy for the consumer and respectively of the electrical power to be provided for said consumer between the at least two outputs (R 3, R 4) of the control circuit can be controlled by said control circuit depending on at least one division parameter (V p), which division parameter can be supplied to the control circuit or be determined in the control circuit. - a control circuit designed as an IC and having an input by means of which electrical energy can be supplied to the control circuit from the on-board motor vehicle electrical system, and having at least a first output and a second output, wherein a consumer can be powered via its first connector with electrical energy from the on-board motor vehicle electrical system by the control circuit via each of said two outputs (3, 4), and respectively the control circuit provides electrical power for a consumer in that the first output of the control circuit is directly connected to the individual consumer and the second output of the control circuit is connected to the same individual consumer via an external resistor, - at least one external resistor (R 3, R 4, R 8) arranged outside the IC, for emitting possible lost electrical power outside the IC, wherein firstly the external resistor (R 3, R 4, R 8) is connected to the second output of the control circuit, and secondly the consumer can be connected to the external resistor (R 3, R 4, R 8), - wherein the desired value for the electrical power of the consumer, which electrical power can be controlled by the control circuit, can be prespecified, and - wherein the dividing of the electrical energy for the consumer and respectively of the electrical power to be provided for said consumer between the at least two outputs (R 3, R 4) of the control circuit can be controlled by said control circuit depending on at least one division parameter (V p), which division parameter can be supplied to the control circuit or be determined in the control circuit.