Unlike most European Union countries, the price of electricity in Portugal increased – was the largest climb in the eurozone.
In the second half of 2024, Portugal the price of electricity rose 14.2% for household consumers.
According to the, compared to the same year period of the previous year, it is the BIGGEST RISE OF THE EUsecond in Finland and France, with increases and respectively 13.6% and 12.9% over the same period as 2023. 10 countries of the European Union have risen prices.
The data were revealed by, which also states that the EU average remains stable this semester.
Already the Latonia, in the opposite direction, decreased The price of electricity by 17.8%, accompanied by the Netherlands (with a decrease of 14.3%) and Belgium (with a reduction of 12.3%). Prices have dropped in 14 countries.
The country of the EU where the price of electricity is most expensive is Germany, Where consumers pay 39.43 euros for every 100 kilowatts hour, as well as in Denmark (37.63 euros) and Ireland (36.99 euros).
Eurostat provides an explanation: “Transport and distribution costs are communicated only once a year at the end of the second half. distribution costs They represent, by far, most of them when compared to transportation costs. ”
Luxembourg (100.0 %), Slovakia (93.0 %) and Finland (90.0 %) forms countries with the highest distribution costs in 2024.
“Countries with lower population density need a extensive transport network to satisfy your needs. Its costs are higher when compared to countries with the highest population density. Smaller and densely populated countries mainly use their own distribution network, ”he concludes.
Lithuania (39.2 %), Ireland (36.0 %) and Germany (34.8 %) were the countries that had the highest quotas of transmission costs last year.
Who pays less on the final bill are the consumers of Hungary (10.32 euros per 100 kWh), Bulgaria (12.17 euros) and Malta (13.01 euros).
