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1.1. Contact organisation | The Danish Energy Agency. |
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1.2. Contact organisation unit | Center for System Analysis. |
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1.5. Contact mail address | Carsten Niebuhrs Gade 43, 1577 København, Denmark. |
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2.1. Metadata last certified | 13/07/2022 | ||
2.2. Metadata last posted | 11/07/2022 | ||
2.3. Metadata last update | 03/06/2022 |
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3.1. Data description | ||||||||||||||||
European statistics on electricity prices for household and final non-household customers. |
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3.2. Classification system | ||||||||||||||||
Internal Eurostat classification system based on annual electricity consumption bands and tax levels. |
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3.3. Coverage - sector | ||||||||||||||||
Household sector and final non-household sector (industry, services, offices, agriculture, etc). |
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3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions | ||||||||||||||||
The prices are reported in national currencies per kWh and according to different bands of consumption. For the household sector, these bands are:
For the final non-household sector, the bands are:
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:
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:
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:
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3.5. Statistical unit | ||||||||||||||||
Household and final non-household consumers divided into consumption bands. |
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3.6. Statistical population | ||||||||||||||||
Final non-household consumers: Data coming from 46 suppliers out of 48 and representing 99% of the final consumption by non-household consumers. Final household consumers: Data respresents 99.1% of the final consumption by household consumers and data coming from 40 suppliers. |
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3.7. Reference area | ||||||||||||||||
Denmark. |
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3.8. Coverage - Time | ||||||||||||||||
Electricity price data for Denmark using the current methodology are available since second half year 2014. |
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3.9. Base period | ||||||||||||||||
Not applicable. |
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Prices are reported in national currency per kWh. However, Eurostat also calculates and publishes the prices in EURO and PPS (purchasing power parity). |
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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). |
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6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements | |||
At EU level:
At national level:
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6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing | |||
At EU level:
At national level:
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7.1. Confidentiality - policy | |||
At EU level:
There is no legislation about confidentiality at national level. |
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7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment | |||
Published data should not allow identification of single consumers. This is ensured by only publishing data for consumer bands with at least 3 consumers. |
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8.1. Release calendar | |||
The publication of the statistic is announced by Statistics Denmark's release calendar. |
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8.2. Release calendar access | |||
The release calendar can be accessed through Statistics Denmark's website: https://www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/planlagte |
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8.3. Release policy - user access | |||
Data is available on the Danish Energy Agency's website; https://ens.dk/service/statistik-data-noegletal-og-kort/priser-paa-el-og-gas after the release of data by Eurostat. |
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Electricity prices in Denmark are published on a semestrial basis on Eurostat's website and Statisitcs Denmark's website;
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10.1. Dissemination format - News release | |||
A national press release of the electricity price statistic is released in homepage of Danish Energy Agency. |
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10.2. Dissemination format - Publications | |||
A national memo of the electricity price statistic is released. |
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10.3. Dissemination format - online database | |||
The data is published in Statistics Denmark's database. |
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10.3.1. Data tables - consultations | |||
4 tables containing the data is published on the Statistics Denmark's website and 1017 consultations have been in the last 8 months. |
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10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access | |||
Micro data is not available. |
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10.5. Dissemination format - other | |||
No other ways for disseminating the data. |
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10.5.1. Metadata - consultations | |||
Not applicable. |
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10.6. Documentation on methodology | |||
Documentation on the methodology is available on Statistics Denmark's website; https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/dokumentation/statistikdokumentation/el--og-naturgaspriser |
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10.6.1. Metadata completeness - rate | |||
Not applicable. |
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10.7. Quality management - documentation | |||
No quality reports or studies exist. |
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11.1. Quality assurance | |||
Reported data is controlled and validated by the Danish Energy Agency. In case of inconsistencies the data provider is contacted. Statistics Denmark perform liability checks, which ensures a good data quality. |
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11.2. Quality management - assessment | |||
The overall quality of the statistic is assessed to be good. As reporting units cover almost the entire population frame, the sampling errors are small or non-existing. On the other hand, the statistics is affected by other errors, mainly measurement errors. The two primary causes of inaccuracy in the statistic are;
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12.1. Relevance - User Needs | |||
A number of Danish and European governmemtal institutions involved in enery planning, e.g. the Danish utility regulation and the IEA, use the statistic for different purposes. Furthermore, a variety of parties, including private companies, consultancies and lobby organizations have expressed an interest in the statistic. |
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12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction | |||
There is no procedure for measuring user satisfaction of the statistic and its result. |
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12.3. Completeness | |||
The statistic is available on the Danish Energy Agency's website; https://ens.dk/service/statistik-data-noegletal-og-kort/priser-paa-el-og-gas |
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12.3.1. Data completeness - rate | |||
The statistic is in line with guidelines. |
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13.1. Accuracy - overall | |||
Data is collected for 99 % of the population frame. The overall accuracy of the statistic is therefore estimated to be high. |
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13.2. Sampling error | |||
A high reporting rate ensures that sampling errors are small or non-existing. |
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13.2.1. Sampling error - indicators | |||
No precisions measures are availble. |
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13.3. Non-sampling error | |||
Information is included in the sub-concepts S.13.3.1-S.13.3.5. |
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13.3.1. Coverage error | |||
The coverage error is small as the divergence between the population frame and the target population is very small. |
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13.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate | |||
It is hard to avoid over-coverage, as it is difficult to observe. Data providers are given a guideline with detalied information about the target population, which ensures that over-coverage is reduced. |
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13.3.1.2. Common units - proportion | |||
All the data comes from the survey. |
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13.3.2. Measurement error | |||
Data providers recieve detailed instructions of how to report data for the statistic, which reduces measurement errors in reported data. |
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13.3.3. Non response error | |||
The non-response error is very small, as data is reported for almost the entire target population. The bias associated with non-response error is estimated non-existing. |
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13.3.3.1. Unit non-response - rate | |||
46 out 48 suppliers, representing 99 % of the target population reported data for the statistic for non-houshold consumers. Data respresents 99.1% of the final consumption by household consumers and data coming from 40 suppliers. |
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13.3.3.2. Item non-response - rate | |||
Item non-response rate is 0%. |
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13.3.4. Processing error | |||
Data is reported online and there is built in a control that prevents incorrect reporting. The process is almost fully automated. |
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13.3.5. Model assumption error | |||
Not applicable. |
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14.1. Timeliness | |||
Electricity providers that participate in the national data collection are requested to provide the electricity price data within two months 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. |
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14.1.1. Time lag - first result | |||
The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for households for the 1st semester of 2019 was sent 0 days after the deadline. The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for households for the 2nd semester of 2019 was sent 0 days after the deadline. The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for households for the 1st semester of 2020 was sent 0 days after the deadline. The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for households for the 2nd semester of 2020 was sent 0 days after the deadline. The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for households for the 1st semester of 2021 was sent 0 days after the deadline. The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for households for the 2nd semester of 2021 was sent 0 days after the deadline. The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for non-households for the 1st semester of 2019 was sent 0 days after the deadline. The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for non-households for the 2nd semester of 2019 was sent 0 days after the deadline. The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for non-households for the 1st semester of 2020 was sent 0 days after the deadline. The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for non-households for the 2nd semester of 2020 was sent 0 days after the deadline. The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for non-households for the 1st semester of 2021 was sent 0 days after the deadline. The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for non-households for the 2nd semester of 2021 was sent 0 days after the deadline. |
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14.1.2. Time lag - final result | |||
No revision since 2019. |
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14.2. Punctuality | |||
The legal deadline for submitting the questionnaires is the third month after the reference period. The majority of statistics have been delivered within or shortly after (within 3 days) the deadline. |
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14.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication | |||
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15.1. Comparability - geographical | |||
The statistic is compatible for all regions in Denmark and with other European countries. |
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15.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient | |||
Not applicable. |
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15.2. Comparability - over time | |||
Data on electricity prices is completely compatible for the years 2015 and onwards. For the year before 2015 data is also faily compatible, especially for large non-household consumers. |
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15.2.1. Length of comparable time series | |||
Data is compatible from first half year 2015 and onwards. |
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15.3. Coherence - cross domain | |||
Not applicable. |
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15.3.1. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics | |||
Not applicable. |
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15.3.2. Coherence - National Accounts | |||
Not applicable. |
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15.4. Coherence - internal | |||
Annual prices are coherent with semestrial prices. |
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The estimated cost of producing the one year statistic is 120 hours, which correspond to approximately 70,000 DKK. We have no knowledge of burden on respondents. |
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17.1. Data revision - policy | |||
The data for the first semester are revised when submitting the data for the second semester in order to ensure consistency between semestrial and annual prices. |
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17.2. Data revision - practice | |||
Data is revised in case of errors or new information. |
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17.2.1. Data revision - average size | |||
Household electricity prices collection: 2.3629 Non-household electricity prices collection: 7.754087917 |
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18.1. Source data | ||||||||||
Adminitrative data from electricity suppliers in the Danish electricity market. |
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18.2. Frequency of data collection | ||||||||||
Data is collected biannually. |
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18.3. Data collection | ||||||||||
Data for non-house hold consumers are collected using 'www.virk.dk' and online platform used by the public service in Denmark. For the housholds, data providers sent data in an excel file to the Danish Utility Regulator. |
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18.4. Data validation | ||||||||||
The data is validate using previous statistics and by comparing with the spot price. |
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18.5. Data compilation | ||||||||||
For non-household consumer we are unable to collect data on all elements in the statistic. The elements that are not collected include: Network and supply costs, the electricity tax, the public service obligation fee (PSO) and the energy saving fee. These are calculated in the following manner.
Network and supply costs: These are calculated using network and supply costs for the consumer bands in the table below from Danish Energy's publication "Elforsyningens nettariffer & priser", which is accessible at:
The consumption bands in this source does not fit exactly with the bands in the statistics. The cost are adjusted to the correct level using the targeted level of consumption in the external source and the average consumption in the statistical bands.
Electricity tax: All consumer bands receive a compensation for the electricity tax. For the consumer band IA the Is for the consumption band approximately 40 % of the tax is refunded, while approximately 99% is refunded for the remaining consumer bands IB-IF.
The public service obligation fee (PSO): Electricity intensive companies can get a large proportion of the PSO refunded. The non-refundable part is calculated in the following manner:
For companies eligible for the PSO refundation their PSO rate for the statistic is calculated as: The non-refundable PSO rate - the refundable share.
The share of consumption eligible for the PSO refundation is obtained from the Danish Energy Agency and the distribution of consumption which is compensated and not compensated is found in the following manner:
The weighted PSO rate consists of the following two elements:
The total PSO rate reported in the statistic is then calculated as the weighted sum of the two elements above, hence 1+2.
Energy saving fee: The energy saving fee is the amount a consumer pays to energy savings activities. It is calculated using the biannual energy savings cost of grid companies per meter provided by Danish Energy. The energy saving fee is then found by dividing the cost by the average consumption for each Eurostat consumer band. An example of this is shown below: Energy cost saving cost per meter / average consumption. |
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18.5.1. Imputation - rate | ||||||||||
We are not performing any imputation. |
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18.6. Adjustment | ||||||||||
Not applicable. |
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18.6.1. Seasonal adjustment | ||||||||||
Seasonable adjustments are not carried out. |
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