The average price of electricity in United Kingdom, in December of 2008, has been 0.1603€ per kilowatt hour. Electricity price has increased € 0.0145 kWh, 9.95% since the last semester. Meanwhile, the average price of electricity without taxes in United Kingdom in that period was € 0.153 per kilowatt hour, compared to € 0.1394 kWh in the previous semester. The price of electricity excluding taxes increased by 9.76%.
In the last twelve months the price of electricity in United Kingdom has increased by 8.43%.
From 2007 until now, the highest price of electricity in United Kingdom has been € 0.1603 kWh, in December of 2008, while in June of 2008, electricity price was € 0.1458 kWh, its minimum price in this period.
Finally, if we compare the price of electricity with taxes and without taxes, we see that, in the last period, households paid € 0.0073 of taxes for each kilowatt hour, which means that 4.58% of what households pay for the electricity are taxes.
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