National Statistics Office of Georgia

Business Statistics Department

Industry, Construction and Energy statistics Division

 30, Tsotne Dadiani Str., 0180, Tbilisi, Georgia

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.

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 2 suppliers out of 2 and representing 100% of the final non-household customers.

The controlled area of Georgia.

Data on Georgian electricity prices are available since 2018. 

Not applicable.

Prices are reported in national currency per kWh. 
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 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).

At national level:

• Energy Market Monitoring and Reporting Rules” Resolution N7, approved by the National regulatory authority
• Law of Georgia on Official Statistics

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:

• https://www.geostat.ge/en/modules/categories/306/legislation
• Law of Georgia on Official Statistics   Article 28. Observing Confidentiality of Statistical Data

Published data should not allow identification of single consumers.

The dissemination of data collected for the purpose of producing official statistics is guided by the requirements provided Law of Georgia on Official Statistics - Chapter 6 Article 25. The Obligation to Provide Statistical and other Information; Article 28. Observing Confidentiality of Statistical Data.

Notifications about the dissemination of statistics are published in the release calendar, which is available on the website

https://www.geostat.ge/en/calendar

https://www.geostat.ge/en/modules/categories/307/statistical-work-programme

https://www.geostat.ge/en/calendar

All users have been granted equal access to official statistics: 

https://www.geostat.ge/en/calendar

Electricity prices in Georgia are published on a semestrial basis on Eurostat's website.

Data are published on a semestrial basis on website Statistics https://www.geostat.ge/en/modules/categories/81/energy-statistics

The Press release/ Analytical Notes on electricity prices are not compiled.

Not available.

Data are published under the subject area Statistics: Industry, Construction and Energy  Statistics; Data on consumer prices of Electricity and Natural gas. 

https://www.geostat.ge/en/modules/categories/81/energy-statistics

Not available. 

The dissemination of data collected for the purpose of producing official statistics is guided by the requirements provided Law of Georgia on Official Statistics - Chapter 6 Article 25. The Obligation to Provide Statistical and other Information; Article 28. Observing Confidentiality of Statistical Data.

Information on public use microdata diddemination policy at Geostat is available on the link: 

https://www.geostat.ge/media/20862/Microdata-Dissemination-Policy_Eng.pdf

Not available.

Not available.

National metadata can be found here: https://www.geostat.ge/en/modules/categories/533/metadata-industry-construction-and-energy-statistics

Documentation on methodology energy statististics is available https://www.geostat.ge/en/modules/categories/121/methodologia-business-statistics

National metadata of all statistics works can be found under term METADATA

The main methodological guide is Regulation (EU) 2016/1952 of the European Parliament and of the Council

100%

 Quality management - documentation is available on the link  https://www.geostat.ge/media/44380/QP_Geostat_EN.pdf

To assure the quality of processes and products, Geostat applies the EFQM Excellence Model, the European Statistics Code of Practice and the Quality Assurance Framework of the European Statistical System (ESS QAF). Quality Policy of the National Statistics Office of Georgia is available on the link

 https://www.geostat.ge/media/44380/QP_Geostat_EN.pdf

 In order to continuously develop and improve the quality of statistics production processes and data,

Geostat regularly determinesthe strengths and weaknesses of statistics production, evaluates the existing
risks and development opportunities. Quality policy is an integral part of Geostat’s development strategy
and provides compliance with the requirements of the UN Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
and the European Statistics Code of Practice.

https://www.geostat.ge/media/44380/QP_Geostat_EN.pdf

Information are available on the website 

https://www.geostat.ge/en/modules/categories/734/data-quality

Information of customer service is given on the link: https://www.geostat.ge/en/page/customer-service

In compliance with the rules (regulations).

100 %

The type of survey and the data collection methods ensure sufficient coverage and timeliness.

Source: Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission (GNERC)

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

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

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable

 Not applicable, this questionary is exhaustive.

Not applicable, this questionary is exhaustive. Data collection and submission is monitored by National regulatory authority. All regulated enterprises are obliged to submit the completed questionaries.

 The item non response rate is 0%.

Data collection is controlled by Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission (GNERC). The item non response rate is 0%.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Electricity providers that participate in the national data collection are requested to provide the electricity price data within 1 month after the reference period. 

These data are collected by National Regulatory Authority. Prices are collected twice a year, at the beginning of each six-month period (January and July). Prices are calculated on the basis of weighted average prices paid by end-users for electricity over the previous six months.

The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for households for the 1st semester of 2019 was sent 75 days after the reference period.

The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for households for the 2nd semester of 2019 was sent 75 days after the reference period.

The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for households for the 1st semester of 2020 was sent 75 days after the reference period.

The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for households for the 2nd semester of 2020 was sent 75 days after the reference period.

The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for households for the 1st semester of 2021 was sent 75 days after the reference period.

The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for households for the 2nd semester of 2021 was sent 75 days after the reference period.

The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for non-households for the 1st semester of 2019 was sent 75 days after the reference period.

The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for non-households for the 2nd semester of 2019 was sent 75 days after the reference period.

The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for non-households for the 1st semester of 2020 was sent 75 days after the reference period.

The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for non-households for the 2nd semester of 2020 was sent 75 days after the reference period.

The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for non-households for the 1st semester of 2021 was sent 75 days after the reference period.

The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for non-households for the 2nd semester of 2021 was sent 75 days after the reference period.

The National Statistical Service started implementing the REGULATION (EU) 2016/1952 since 2018.

There is no time lag.

The legal deadline for submitting the questionnaires is the 1 month after the reference period.

100% of questionnaires delivered on time.

The legal deadline for submitting the questionnaires is the 1 month after the reference period.

100% of questionnaires delivered on time.

The data are internationally comparable.

Not applicable

The data are comparable over time.

The data is comparable since 2018.

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Annual prices are coherent with the semestrial prices.

This concept is not available.

 Not applivable.

The published data may be revised if the methodology is modified, errors are discovered, new or better data become available.

Non-applicable.

 These data are collected by National Regulatory Authority.

Half yearly.

Data on electricity prices are collected from all enterprices which are authorized for the sale of electricity. These data are collected by National Regulatory Authority. Prices are collected twice a yaer, at the beginning of each six-month period (January and July). Prices are calculated onthe basis of weighted average prices paid by end-users for electricity over the previous six months. Electricity consumption is used for weigts.

Quantitative and qualitative controls are used in the validation process, including cross-check with other data.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

No adjustments carried out.  

 Seasonal adjustments are not carried out.