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ELECTRICITY PRICES - Ireland December of 2016

Ireland, one of the countries with the most expensive electricity in Europe.

The average price of electricity in Ireland, in December of 2016, has been 0.2338€ per kilowatt hour. Electricity price has increased € 0.0018 kWh, 0.78% since the previous semester. Meanwhile, the average price of electricity without taxes in Ireland in that period was € 0.1878 per kilowatt hour, €0.9% less than in the previous period, in which the price of electricity without taxes was €0.1895kWh.

In the last twelve months the price of electricity in Ireland has fallen by 5.68%.

In Ireland, the price of electricity reached its maximum price, € 0.2536kWh, in December of 2014. Its minimum price was €0.1769 kWh, corresponding to June of 2008.

Ireland is in fourth place on the list of countries with the most expensive electricity in Europe.

When looking at the difference between the price of electricity with and without taxes, we see that households in Ireland paid € 0.046 in taxes for each kilowatt hour, which means that 19.67% 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 Ireland in economy of Ireland.


Ireland - Household electricity prices
DateElec prices excl. tax €/kWhElec prices €/kWh
December 20160.18780.2338
June 20160.18950.2320
December 20150.19910.2454
June 20150.19700.2426
December 20140.20850.2536
June 20140.20080.2407
December 20130.20260.2405
June 20130.19510.2295
December 20120.19540.2289
June 20120.18500.2155
December 20110.17550.2086
June 20110.15840.1901
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Ireland - Household electricity prices
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