HC Deb 29 November 1994 vol 250 cc573-4W
Mr. Hardy

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the price of electricity paid by 80MW consumers in each EC member state; and by how much these prices have increased since 1987.

Mr. Charles Wardle

[holding answer 28 November 1994]:The average price of electricity paid by consumers of 80MW capacity, with an 86 per cent. load factor, in each EC member state for October 1994, and the increase since October 1987, are given in the table.

Country Price pence per kWh Percentage increase
United Kingdom 3.40 137.7
Belgium 3.13 21.3
France 3.20 33.9
Germany 4.58 15.1
Italy 3.24 54.3
Netherlands 3.20 24.5
Spain 4.43 2—
1 For the United Kingdom there is a decrease of about 2 per cent. when the effectt of inflation, as measured by the GDP deflator, is excluded.
2 Data for Spain are not available for October 1987.

Data for Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Luxembourg, are not available.

Source:

Energy Advice.