The average price of electricity in Austria, in December of 2009, has been 0.1909€ per kilowatt hour. Electricity price has not changed since the last semester. Meanwhile, the average price of electricity without taxes in Austria in that period was € 0.138 per kilowatt hour,, as in the previous period.
In the last twelve months the price of electricity in Austria has increased by 8.83%.
From 2007 until now, the highest price of electricity in Austria has been € 0.1909 kWh, in December of 2009, while in December of 2007, electricity price was € 0.174 kWh, its minimum price in this period.
Austria is in fourth place on the list of countries with the most expensive electricity in Europe.
Finally, if we compare the price of electricity with taxes and without taxes, we see that, in the last period, households paid € 0.0529 of taxes for each kilowatt hour, which means that 27.71% of what households pay for the electricity are taxes.
You can see the ranking of electricity price in Europe and see all the information about Austria in economy of Austria.