Electricity and natural gas prices for household and final non-household customers - Second half of 2024

Electricity prices to household and final non-household customers for second semester of 2024

In the period July - December 2024, the electricity prices, including all taxes, levies and VAT (incl. state compensations) for non-household customers increased compared to the period January - June 2024. The largest increase - by 42.5%, is recorded in group I7 with annual consumption over 150 000 MWh.

In the same period, a slight increase in the electricity prices, including all taxes, levies and VAT was observed for households customers too. The highest rise - by 2.7%, is recorded in the biggest households customers in group D5 with annual consumption over 15 000 kWh.

On annual basis in 2024, compared to the previous year 2023, the prices with all taxes, levies and VAT (including state compensations) for non-households customers decreased for all groups. The largest decrease of over 16% was registered in group I1 with annual consumption up to 20 MWh and group I5 with annual consumption between 20 000 and 70 000 MWh.

For household customers, on an annual basis, electricity prices including all taxes, fees and VAT increased compared to the previous year, with the largest increase - 3.4%, recorded in group D2 with annual consumption between 1 000 and 2 500 kWh.

Changes in the final electricity prices for non-household customers are a result of the price situation on the free energy market. For household customers, the changes are determined by the regulated electricity market and by the yearly defined prices for electricity on a daily and nightly scale (component ‘Energy and Supply’) and prices for transmission and access through the electricity transmission and distribution networks (component ‘Network’) by the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission.

Data are representative for the country - all suppliers of electricity provide data on household and final non-household customers, for the quantities delivered through transmission/distribution network. They are calculated as weighted average prices by the actual delivered quantities of electricity and the corresponding invoiced values to final customers, by standard annual consumption bands, for the observed six-month period in the following two directions:

• By levels of taxation - data are reported twice per year, for the periods January to June and July to December;
• By components and sub-components - data are collected every semester, but are reported annually as arithmetic average prices.

The information is published pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/1952 on European statistics on natural gas and electricity prices.

Natural gas prices to household and final non-household customers for second semester of 2024

In the period July - December 2024, the natural gas prices, including all taxes, levies and VAT for non-household customers increased slightly compared to the period January - July 2024. The largest increase - by 3%, is recorded in group I3 with annual consumption between 10 000 GJ and 100 000 GJ.

In the same period, an increase is also observed for the natural gas prices, including all taxes, levies and VAT for all groups of household customers. The largest increase - by 6.2%, is recorded for the smallest consumers in group D1 with annual consumption up to 20 GJ.

On annual basis in 2024, compared to the previous year 2023, the natural gas prices with all taxes, levies and VAT for non-household customers decrease by more than 20% for all groups. The largest decrease - by 23.1%, is registered in group I4 with annual consumption between 100 000 GJ and 1 000 000 GJ.

For the household customers, on annual basis in 2024 compared to 2023, a decrease by an average of over 19% is observed for the natural gas prices, including all taxes, levies and VAT for all groups. The largest decrease by 21.1% is registered for the biggest consumers in group D3 with annual consumption over 200 GJ, and for group D2 with annual consumption from 20 GJ to 200 GJ, which includes the majority of household consumers, the decrease is 19.8%.

The main reason for the annual price reduction for all groups and types of end customers is a decrease in the price of natural gas - by an average of 30%. This price is part of the ‘Energy and Supply’ component and constitutes about 60% of the final price of natural gas for the consumers. An additional factor is the average decrease by 20% in the price for transmission and access (including capacity) on the gas transmission network, which is part of the ‘Network’ component.

Data are representative for the country - all suppliers of natural gas provide data on household and final non-household customers, for the quantities delivered through gas transmission/gas distribution network. They are calculated as weighted average prices by the actual delivered quantities of natural gas and the corresponding invoiced values to final customers, by standard annual consumption bands, for the observed six-month period in the following two directions:

• By levels of taxation - data are reported twice per year, for the periods January to June and July to December;
• By components and sub-components - data are collected every semester, but are reported annually as arithmetic average prices.

The information is published pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/1952 on European statistics on natural gas and electricity prices.