Statistics Lithuania (SL)

Price Statistics Division

29 Gedimino Ave., LT-01500 Vilnius, Lithuania

European statistics on electricity prices for household and final non-household customers.

Internal Eurostat classification system based on annual electricity consumption bands and tax levels.

Household sector and final non-household sector (industry, services, offices, agriculture, etc).

The prices are reported in national currencies per kWh and according to different bands of consumption.

For the household sector, these bands are:

• DA: customers consuming less than 1000 kWh.
• DB: customers consuming 1000 kWh or more but less than 2500 kWh.
• DC: customers consuming 2500 kWh or more but less than 5000 kWh.
• DD: customers consuming 5000 kWh or more but less than 15000 kWh.
• DE: customers consuming 15000 kWh or more.

For the final non-household sector, the bands are:

• IA: customers consuming less than 20 MWh.
• IB: customers consuming 20 MWh or more but less than 500 MWh.
• IC: customers consuming 500 MWh or more but less than 2000 MWh.
• ID: customers consuming 2000 MWh or more but less than 20000 MWh.
• IE: customers consuming 20000 MWh or more but less than 70000 MWh.
• IF: customers consuming 70000 MWh or more but less than 150000 MWh.
• IG: customers consuming 150000 MWh or more.

There exist 2 different levels of disagregation for semestrial and annual prices:

1- Semestrial prices:

These prices are reported twice a year and are divided in 3 levels:

• Level 1 prices: prices excluding taxes and levies.
• Level 2 prices: prices excluding VAT and other recoverable taxes and levies.
• Level 3 prices: prices including all taxes and levies.

2- Annual prices:

These prices are reported once a year together with the data for the second semester and are divided into the following components and taxes:

• Energy and supply: generation, aggregation, balancing energy, supplied energy costs, customer services, after-sales management and other supply costs.
• Network cost: transmission and distribution tariffs, transmission and distribution losses, network costs, after-sale service costs, system service costs, and meter rental and metering costs.
• Value added taxes (VAT): as defined in Council Directive 2006/112/EC.
• Renewable taxes: taxes, fees, levies or charges relating to the promotion of renewable energy sources, energy efficiency and CHP generation.
• Capacity taxes: Taxes, fees, levies or charges relating to capacity payments, energy security and generation adequacy; taxes on coal industry restructuring; taxes on electricity distribution; stranded costs and levies on financing energy regulatory authorities or market and system operators.
• Environmental taxes: taxes, fees, levies or charges relating to air quality and for other environmental purposes; taxes on emissions of CO₂ or other greenhouse gases. This component includes the excise duties.
• Nuclear taxes: taxes, fees, levies or charges relating to the nuclear sector, including nuclear decommissioning, inspections and fees for nuclear installations.
• All other taxes: taxes, fees, levies or charges not covered by any of the previous five categories: support for district heating; local or regional fiscal charges; island compensation; concession fees relating to licences and fees for the occupation of land and public or private property by networks or other devices.

In addition to these elements, the network cost is split into the respective shares of transmission and distribution. The relative share of consumption in the different consumption bands is reported by the countries and used to calculated the single national electricity prices (weighted averages for consumer bands IA-IF and DA-DE) but not published because it could be used to re-calculate some confidential values.

Some of the taxes are refundable. Here is a description of them: 

In the table below are the taxes reported in "All other taxes" :

In the table below are the taxes reported in "enviromental taxes" :

Household and final non-household consumers divided into consumption bands.

Household customers: Data coming from 2 suppliers out of 2 and representing 100% of the household customers.

Final non-household customers: Data coming from 11 suppliers out of 23 and representing more than 90 % of the final non-household customers.

The whole country.

Electricity prices data for Lithuania are available since 2003. 

Not applicable.

Prices are reported in national currency per kWh. However, Eurostat also calculates and publishes the prices in EURO and PPS (purchasing power parity).
Relative shares of sub-component of the network component and consumption volumes are reported in percentages.

For semestrial prices, the reference periods are from January to June for semester 1 and from July to December for semester 2.

For annual prices, the reference period is the whole calendar year (from January to December).

At EU level:

• Regulation (EU) 2016/1952 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2016 on European statistics on natural gas and electricity prices and repealing Directive 2008/92/EC (Text with EEA relevance).
• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2169 of 21 November 2017 concerning the format and arrangements for the transmission of European Statistics on natural gas and electricity prices pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/1952 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance).
• Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1734 of 14 November 2018 granting derogations to the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of Spain, the Italian Republic and the Republic of Cyprus as regards the provision of statistics pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/1952 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2018) 7465) (Text with EEA relevance).
• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/803 concerning the content of quality reports on European statistics on natural gas and electricity prices pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/1952 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance).

There is no national legilsation.

At EU level:

• Eurostat does not share the data collected with other organisation appart from its usual dissemination chanel (Eurostat's database, statistic explained articles and press or news release) .

At national level:

• Data is sent to eurostat.

At EU level:

• Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 11 March 2009, on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities.

At national level:

• Law on Official Statistics.

Published data should not allow identification of single consumers. Confidential data are not published.

In the process of statistical data collection, processing and analysis and dissemination of statistical information, Statistics Lithuania fully guarantees the confidentiality of the data submitted by respondents (households, enterprises, institutions, organisations and other statistical units), as defined in the Confidentiality Policy Guidelines of Statistics Lithuania.

Integrated Statistical Information System Data Security Regulations and Rules for the Secure Management of Electronic Information in the Integrated Statistical Information System, approved by Order No DĮ-42 of 20 February 2015 of the Director General of Statistics Lithuania.

Statistical information is published in accordance with an Official Statistics Calendar.

Official Statistics Calendar

Statistical information is published on the Official Statistics Portal according to an Official Statistics Calendar, following the Official Statistics Dissemination Policy Guidelines and Statistical Information Preparation and Dissemination Rules. The data are released simultaneously to all interested parties.

Electricity prices in Lithuania are published on a semestrial basis on Eurostat's website and on Nationnal Official Statistics Portal.

Lithuania does not publish any news release.

Lithuania does not publish any publications.

Database of Indicators (Economy and finance -> Price indices and prices -> Electricity prices)

Lithuania does not record the number of views on the online database.

Microdata are available and provided for scientific purposes according to the provisions set in the Description of Procedures for the Provision of Confidential Statistical Data for Scientific Purposes. More information is available on the Official Statistics Portal, at https://osp.stat.gov.lt/duomenys-mokslo-tikslams.

Public data files: users are also provided with opportunity to access public files with statistical data on observation units. More information is available on the Official Statistics Portal, at https://osp.stat.gov.lt/viesos-duomenu-rinkmenos.

There is no other ways of dissemination.

Not applicable.

The statistical survey on electricity prices is based on theDirective 2008/92EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 concerning Community procedure to improve the transparency of gas and electricity prices charged to industrial end-users (recast).

A complete description of the methodology used to compile the Electricity prices is published on the Official Statistics Portal:Methodological documentation (only in Lithuanian).

73.1 per cent.

Lithuania does not have any documentation on the datasets.

The quality of statistical information and its production process is ensured by the provisions of the European Statistics Code of Practice and ESS Quality Assurance Framework. 

In 2007, a quality management system, conforming to the requirements of the international quality management system standard ISO 9001, was introduced at Statistics Lithuania. The main trends in activity of Statistics Lithuania aimed at quality management and continuous development in the institution are established in the Quality Policy. Monitoring of the quality indicators of statistical processes and their results and self-evaluation of statistical survey managers is regularly carried out in order to identify the areas which need improvement and to promptly eliminate the shortcomings.

Statistical data on average electricity prices for end-users are compiled in accordance with the requirements set in Regulation (EU) 2016/1952. To assess statistical survey quality, a self-assessment of the survey leader and statistical questionnaire control testing is performed regularly.

The publication of average electricity prices for end-users helps to ensure the transparency of information on electricity prices. The main users of statistical information are the European Commission, national authorities, enterprises, International Energy Agency, other international organisations.

From 2005, user opinion surveys have been conducted on a regular basis. Official Statistics Portal traffic is monitored, website visitor opinion polls, general opinion poll on the products and services of Statistics Lithuania, target user group opinion polls and other surveys are conducted. In 2007, the compilation of a user satisfaction index was launched. The said surveys are aimed at the assessment of the overall demand for and necessity of statistical information in general and specific statistical indicators in particular.

For more information on user surveys and their results, see section User surveys on the Statistics Lithuania website.

Statistical information on 1 kWh electricity prices for end-users – enterprises and households – for the reference calendar half-year is calculated and presented according to standard consumer groups at the national level.

100 per cent of information produced in accordance with the Official Statistics Work Programme  (only in Lithuanian) is published.

Due to the high percentage of the population represented by the suppliers responding to the surveys and the absence of errors, the accuracy of the data is deemed very high.

Due to the high percentage of the population represented, the error is considered minimum.

Negligible.

Information is included in the sub-concepts S.13.3.1-S.13.3.5.

Lithuania is not aware of any coverage issues in the samples.

Lithuania is not aware of any over-coverage issues in the samples.

100% of the data is covered by the survey.

No measurement errors were found. The questionnaire was tested with the respondents to avoid any programmig mistakes.

All respondents included in the statistical survey reported on-time and provided all the required statics data and information. This was achieved through collaboration with respondents, and a working group was set up to implement the provisions of the new regulation, which included experts from key reporting companies.

The response rate is 100 pr cent.

Respondents provide all required data.

No processing errors were found. Statistics Lithuania consults on final aggregates with National Commision for Energy Control and Prices.

Not applicable.

Electricity providers that participate in the national data collection are requested to provide the electricity price data within 1 month and 15 days after the reference period. After arrival, the statistical office checks the micro-data for correctness, consistency and completeness and national averages are calculated and reported to Eurostat during the third month after the reference period.

The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for households for the 1st semester of 2017 was sent 91 days after the reference period.

The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for households for the 2nd semester of 2017 was sent 89 days after the reference period.

The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for households for the 1st semester of 2018 was sent 90 days after the reference period.

The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for households for the 2nd semester of 2018 was sent 88 days after the reference period.

The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for non-households for the 1st semester of 2017 was sent 91 days after the reference period.

The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for non-households for the 2nd semester of 2017 was sent 89 days after the reference period.

The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for non-households for the 1st semester of 2018 was sent 90 days after the reference period.

The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for non-households for the 2nd semester of 2018 was sent 88 days after the reference period.

First results are final.

The legal deadline for submitting the questionnaires is the third month after the reference period. All questionnaires are delivered on time.

Statistical information is published in accordance with an Official Statistics Calendar. In case of delay, users are notified in advance by indicating the reason and a new date of publication.

Percentage of statistical information released on time is 100 per cent.

There are no issue in the comparability between countries / regions.

Not applicable

Since 1 January 2008

Electricity prices as of 1 January and 1 July – for medium and large users from 1 January 2003 to 1 January 2008, for small users – from 1 January 2004 to 1 January 2008. Average electricity prices for the reference calendar half-year by all standard consumer groups – from 1 January 2008.

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Not applicable

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Annual prices are coherent with the semestrial prices.

Time spent by respondents on the filling in of questionnaire KA-07 makes, on average, 4 hours 21 min.

In 2018 the costs of the NSI where 141 hours per year, burden of respondents – 87 hours per year.

In 2017 the costs of the NSI where 264 hours per year, burden of respondents – 120 hours per year.

Statistics Lithuania’s revision policy is provided in the document General Principles behind the Performance, Analysis and Announcement of Revisions of Statistical Indicators.

The results published are final and not revised later.

Not applicable.

The main statistical data source – statistical data on electricity prices (statistical questionnaire on enterprises supplying electricity to final household and non-household consumers KA-07 (biannual).

Respondents submit the filled-in statistical questionnaire on a biannual basis: by August 15 – for the first half-year of the reference year, by February 15 – for the second half-year of the previous year.

Statistical data are provided in a statistical questionnaire KA-07. Reporting methods: electronic statistical data preparation and transfer system e-Statistics, e-mail.

The statistical data on electricity prices collected are compared with statistical data from the previous period and respective period of the previous year; reasons for price changes are analysed. Questionable prices and reasons for their changes are clarified with the responsible company personnel.

Average electricity prices for household consumers are provided according to five, for non-household consumers – according to seven consumer groups. Each electricity consumer group is defined in relation to the lowest and the highest amount of electricity consumed per year. The arithmetic weighted mean formula is used to calculate the average electricity price for each consumer group; electricity consumption in kWh (for household consumers) or MWh (for non-household consumers) during the reference calendar half-year is used as weights.

The average 1 kWh electricity price expressed in national currency is calculated: price excluding taxes, fees, levies and charges; price excluding VAT and other recoverable taxes; price including all taxes, fees, levies and charges.

Imputations are not performed.

Adjustments are not performed.

Seasonable adjustments are not carried out.

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