The average price of electricity in Italy, in December of 2011, has been 0.2065€ per kilowatt hour. Electricity price has increased € 0.0078 kWh, 3.93% since the previous semester. Meanwhile, the average price of electricity without taxes in Italy in that period was € 0.1412 per kilowatt hour, compared to € 0.1397 kWh in the previous semester. The price of electricity excluding taxes increased by 1.07%.
In the last twelve months the price of electricity in Italy has increased by 1.8%.
In Italy, the price of electricity reached its maximum price, € 0.2227kWh, in December of 2008. Its minimum price was €0.192 kWh, corresponding to December of 2010.
When looking at the difference between the price of electricity with and without taxes, we see that households in Italy paid € 0.0653 in taxes for each kilowatt hour, which means that 31.62% 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 Italy in economy of Italy.