The average price of electricity in Ireland, in December of 2011, has been 0.2086€ per kilowatt hour. Electricity price has increased € 0.0185 kWh, 9.73% since the last semester. Meanwhile, the average price of electricity without taxes in Ireland in that period was € 0.1755 per kilowatt hour, compared to € 0.1584 kWh in the previous semester. The price of electricity excluding taxes increased by 10.8%.
In the last twelve months the price of electricity in Ireland has increased by 7.73%.
From 2007 until now, the highest price of electricity in Ireland has been € 0.2086 kWh, in December of 2011, while in June of 2008, electricity price was € 0.1769 kWh, its minimum price in this period.
Ireland is among the European countries with the most expensive electricity.
Finally, if we compare the price of electricity with taxes and without taxes, we see that, in the last period, households paid € 0.0331 of taxes for each kilowatt hour, which means that 15.87% 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 Ireland in economy of Ireland.