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ELECTRICITY PRICES - France December of 2020

The price of electricity rises in France

The average price of electricity in France, in December of 2020, has been 0.1958€ per kilowatt hour. Electricity price has increased € 0.0065 kWh, 3.43% since the previous semester. Meanwhile, the average price of electricity without taxes in France in that period was € 0.1292 per kilowatt hour, compared to € 0.1242 kWh in the previous semester. The price of electricity excluding taxes increased by 4.03%.

In the last twelve months the price of electricity in France has increased by 2.54%.

In France, the price of electricity reached its maximum price, € 0.1958kWh, in December of 2020. Its minimum price was €0.1203 kWh, corresponding to December of 2008.

When looking at the difference between the price of electricity with and without taxes, we see that households in France paid € 0.0666 in taxes for each kilowatt hour, which means that 34.01% of what consumers pay for electricity is in concept 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 20200.12920.1958
June 20200.12420.1893
December 20190.12600.1913
June 20190.11480.1778
December 20180.11680.1799
June 20180.11340.1748
December 20170.11320.1756
June 20170.10890.1704
December 20160.11060.1711
June 20160.10870.1685
December 20150.11130.1682
June 20150.11110.1676
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France - Household electricity prices
France - Household electricity prices