Eurostat: Electricity still affordable in Finland
Lehtikuva / Timo JaakonahoResearch shows that Finnish citizens pay less for their electricity usage than other European Union households, when proportioned to the purchasing power of the nation. The conclusion is based on data from the end of 2008. The information is available in the brand new electricity pricing statistics published by the EU statistics bureau Eurostat. The electricity prices in Finland, when proportioned to the purchasing power of the nation, were nearly 40 per cent cheaper than the average of all EU countries.
Also in the absolute comparison Finland is situated among the most affordable countries in electricity pricing alongside with traditional EU-countries such as Greece and France. The taxable price of electricity paid by Finnish households was approximately 26 per cent less than in the traditional EU countries in average, says the managing Director of Finnish Energy Industries, Juha Naukkarinen. The gross electricity price in Sweden was approximately 37 and in Norway nearly 34 per cent higher than in Finland.
The price of household electricity in the EU rose by approximately 9,6 per cent from the end of 2007 until the end of 2008. In Finland the corresponding increase was 10,8 per cent.
The price comparison published by Eurostat investigated the public official prices, which are inclusive of electrical energy, its transmission and all taxes payable.
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