- The three countries with the lowest natural gas prices for domestic consumers in the EU, in the second half of 2023, were Hungary, Croatia and Romania.
- For the economy, non-domestic consumers, Romania ranked 3-4 with the lowest price.
- In the second half of 2023, the average electricity price for household consumers in the EU fell to 28.5 euros for 100 kWh.
Romanians pay among the lowest prices in the European Union for electricity and natural gas, according to Eurostat, a new confirmation that the consumer support scheme works, said the Minister of Energy, Sebastian Burduja. According to the data published on Thursday by the Statistical Office of the European Union, cited in a press release from the Ministry of Energy, the price of natural gas for households in Romania (0.0563 euro/kWh) was the third lowest price in the EU and half of of the average price registered at the level of the Union (0.1125 euro/kWh). At the same time, for electricity, the price paid in Romania (0.1782 euro/kWh) was the fifth lowest price in the EU and far below the European average (0.2847 euro/kWh).
The three countries with the lowest natural gas prices for domestic consumers in the EU, in the second half of 2023, were Hungary, Croatia and Romania. For the economy, non-household consumers, Romania ranked 3-4 with the lowest price, depending on certain consumption segments. For EU households, electricity prices in the second half of 2023 were the lowest in Hungary, Bulgaria, Malta, Croatia and Romania.
According to these data, in the second half of 2023, the average electricity price for household consumers in the EU fell to 28.5 euros per 100 kWh, compared to 29.4 euros per 100 kWh in the first half of last year.
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