The average price of electricity in Italy, in June of 2014, has been 0.2446€ per kilowatt hour. Electricity price has increased € 0.0123 kWh, 5.29% since the last semester. Meanwhile, the average price of electricity without taxes in Italy in that period was € 0.1539 per kilowatt hour, compared to € 0.1501 kWh in the previous semester. The price of electricity excluding taxes increased by 2.53%.
In the last twelve months the price of electricity in Italy has increased by 2.74%.
From 2008 until now, the highest price of electricity in Italy has been € 0.2446 kWh, in June of 2014, while in December of 2010, electricity price was € 0.192 kWh, its minimum price in this period.
Italy is the third country with the most expensive electricity in Europe.
Finally, if we compare the price of electricity with taxes and without taxes, we see that, in the last period, households paid € 0.0907 of taxes for each kilowatt hour, which means that 37.08% 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 Italy in economy of Italy.