Electricity bill breakdown
See how your annual electricity bill divides between energy, network costs, taxes and VAT.
Analyze what energy really costs.
What does energy really cost where you live?
Country-specific running costs for heat pumps, solar panels and EVs — calculated from official data.
Start with your own tariff, or apply an official EU country reference price. Every other value is an example you can edit.
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Official references for 27 EU countries
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
UK and US: enter your own tariff. No official reference price is shown for these markets.
See where the numbers come from
The electricity references below are national household averages from Eurostat. They include taxes and cover annual consumption of 2,500–4,999 kWh.
Data sources- Source
- Eurostat · nrg_pc_204
- Data as of
- Observation period
- 2026-S1 · 23 countries
- Source
- Eurostat · nrg_pc_204
- Data as of
- Observation period
- 2025-S2 · 4 countries
Prices change — check your current tariff. A national average is a reference, not your personal bill.
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