A significant part of the revaluations was offset by subsidies in electricity tariffs in February, according to the monthly HEPI survey of electricity retail prices in 33 European countries conducted by the energy regulators of Austria and Hungary.
According to the same report, in his field natural gas in our country last month a significant reduction in consumer prices was recorded.
In particular, the consumer price, including taxes on electricity, stood at 26.75 cents per kilowatt hour last month, close to the EU average of 24.15 cents.
The most expensive countries in Europe were Italy, Germany, Belgium, Denmark and England where the price reached 44.13 cents per kilowatt hour.
The report lists the measures taken by European governments to curb consumer prices.
Indicatively, in Italy the “green” tariffs and the taxes on the natural gas have been reduced, in Cyprus a single discount of 10% is applied to the electricity bills, in France and the Netherlands a tax reduction is also applied, while Spain plans additional extraordinary taxation for energy companies and Romania imposed a price ceiling.
In Hellas, As is well known, subsidies have been applied to the electricity and gas bills since September.
The average price for natural gas in Greece was 8.27 cents per kilowatt hour in February, below the EU average of 10.76 cents, and was reduced – according to the HEPI report – by 25% compared to January. The most expensive countries are Austria, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden where the price reaches 23.43 cents.
Similarly, in natural gas, many European governments (such as Greece) apply subsidies to consumer prices, or have imposed “freezes” and maximum prices.
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