The average price of electricity in Portugal, in December of 2011, has been 0.1881€ per kilowatt hour. Electricity price has increased € 0.0227 kWh, 13.72% since the previous semester. Meanwhile, the average price of electricity without taxes in Portugal in that period was € 0.1068 per kilowatt hour, compared to € 0.1015 kWh in the previous semester. The price of electricity excluding taxes increased by 5.22%.
In the last twelve months the price of electricity in Portugal has increased by 0.66%.
In Portugal, the price of electricity reached its maximum price, € 0.1881kWh, in December of 2011. Its minimum price was €0.1482 kWh, corresponding to June of 2008.
When looking at the difference between the price of electricity with and without taxes, we see that households in Portugal paid € 0.0813 in taxes for each kilowatt hour, which means that 43.22% of what consumers pay for electricity is in concept taxes.
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