The average price of electricity in Ireland, in December of 2009, has been 0.1855€ per kilowatt hour. Electricity price has decreased € 0.0175 kWh, 8.62% since the last semester. Meanwhile, the average price of electricity without taxes in Ireland in that period was € 0.1635 per kilowatt hour, €8.61% less than in the previous period, in which the price of electricity without taxes was €0.1789kWh.
In the last twelve months the price of electricity in Ireland has fallen by 8.71%.
From 2007 until now, the highest price of electricity in Ireland has been € 0.2033 kWh, in December of 2008, while in June of 2008, electricity price was € 0.1769 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 € 0.022 of taxes for each kilowatt hour, which means that 11.86% of what households pay for the electricity are taxes.
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