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ELECTRICITY PRICES - France December of 2016

The price of electricity grows in France

The average price of electricity in France, in December of 2016, has been 0.1711€ per kilowatt hour. Electricity price has increased € 0.0026 kWh, 1.54% since the last semester. Meanwhile, the average price of electricity without taxes in France in that period was € 0.1106 per kilowatt hour, compared to € 0.1087 kWh in the previous semester. The price of electricity excluding taxes increased by 1.75%.

In the last twelve months the price of electricity in France has fallen by 0.63%.

From 2007 until now, the highest price of electricity in France has been € 0.1711 kWh, in December of 2016, while in December of 2008, electricity price was € 0.1203 kWh, its minimum price in this period.

Finally, if we compare the price of electricity with taxes and without taxes, we see that, in the last period, households paid € 0.0605 of taxes for each kilowatt hour, which means that 35.36% 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 France in economy of France.


France - Household electricity prices
DateElec prices excl. tax €/kWhElec prices €/kWh
December 20160.11060.1711
June 20160.10870.1685
December 20150.11130.1682
June 20150.11110.1676
December 20140.11640.1702
June 20140.10640.1585
December 20130.11050.1596
June 20130.10510.1524
December 20120.10700.1501
June 20120.09860.1392
December 20110.10170.1422
June 20110.09940.1383
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France - Household electricity prices
France - Household electricity prices