The average price of electricity in Portugal, in December of 2012, has been 0.2063€ per kilowatt hour. Electricity price has increased € 0.007 kWh, 3.51% since the previous semester. Meanwhile, the average price of electricity without taxes in Portugal in that period was € 0.1174 per kilowatt hour, compared to € 0.1105 kWh in the previous semester. The price of electricity excluding taxes increased by 6.24%.
In the last twelve months the price of electricity in Portugal has increased by 9.93%.
In Portugal, the price of electricity reached its maximum price, € 0.2063kWh, in December of 2012. 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 € 0.0889 in taxes for each kilowatt hour, which means that 43.09% of what consumers pay for electricity is in concept taxes.
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