The average price of electricity in Italy, in December of 2014, has been 0.2338€ per kilowatt hour. Electricity price has decreased € 0.0108 kWh, 4.42% since the last semester. Meanwhile, the average price of electricity without taxes in Italy in that period was € 0.1468 per kilowatt hour, €4.61% less than in the previous period, in which the price of electricity without taxes was €0.1539kWh.
In the last twelve months the price of electricity in Italy has fallen by 2.2%.
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 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 € 0.087 of taxes for each kilowatt hour, which means that 37.21% 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.