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Electricity prices for households highest in Denmark and Germany

In order to compare prices of electricity and gas among the Member States, national prices have been converted into euro. Exchange rate fluctuations can have an effect on prices expressed in euro for non-euro area Member States.

For medium size household consumers, electricity prices including taxes and levies were the highest in the second semester of 2015 in Denmark (EUR 0.30 per kWh), Germany (EUR 0.29 per kWh) and Ireland (EUR 0.25 per kWh), while the lowest prices were recorded in Bulgaria (EUR 0.10 per kWh) and Hungary (EUR 0.11 per kWh). It should however be noted that over half of the electricity price in Denmark and Germany consists of taxes and levies, however 19 % in Ireland. On the other hand, in Bulgaria taxes and levies account for 17 % and in Hungary for 21 %.

For medium size household consumers, natural gas prices including taxes and levies were highest in the second semester of 2015 in Sweden (EUR 0.12 per kWh) and Portugal (EUR 0.10 per kWh) and lowest in Romania (EUR 0.03 per kWh). Taxes and levies make up just below half of gas prices in both Sweden and Romania.

Gas prices for industrial consumers highest in Sweden and Finland

For industrial consumers, electricity prices (excluding VAT and other recoverable taxes and levies) in the second semester of 2015 ranged from EUR 0.16 per kWh in Italy and EUR 0.15 kWh in the United Kingdom and Germany to EUR 0.06 per kWh in Sweden and EUR 0.07 per kWh in Finland.

For industrial consumers, natural gas prices (excluding VAT and other recoverable taxes and levies) in the second semester of 2015 were highest in Finland and Sweden (both EUR 0.042 per kWh) and lowest in Lithuania (EUR 0.022 per kWh).

For petrol, diesel and heating oil prices, see the Oil bulletin of the Directorate-General for Energy of the European Commission.