APPENDIX 3
Gas prices in the EU and the G7
Pence per kWh[20]
| Industry
| Households
|
| 1980
| 1985 | 1990
| 1995 | 1980
| 1985 | 1990
| 1995 |
EU
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
UK
|
0.64
0.56
-
0.75
0.65
0.58
-
-
0.64
0.64
0.54
-
0.88
-
0.69
|
1.28
1.18
-
1.11
1.20
1.24
-
1.80
1.10
-
1.05
-
1.33
-
1.00
|
0.85
0.70
-
0.71
0.75
0.91
-
1.60
0.76
-
0.61
-
0.79
-
0.77
|
1.06
0.77
-
0.80
0.88
1.12[21]
-
1.74
0.95
-
0.81
-
0.87
-
0.69
|
1.49
1.19
-
0.75
1.53
1.24
-
-
0.78
0.78
0.84
-
1.88
-
0.74
|
2.51
2.22
2.49
1.11
2.50
2.01
-
2.86
2.13
1.56
1.64
-
2.76
-
1.41
|
1.89
2.01
3.25
0.85
2.29
1.92
-
2.33
3.10
1.19
1.62
-
2.96
-
1.59
|
2.51
2.66
3.77
0.97
2.73
2.60
-
2.58
3.64
1.63
1.96
-
3.32
-
1.79
|
Rest of G7
Canada
Japan
USA
|
0.24
1.66
0.36
|
0.69
2.80
1.01
|
0.40
2.00
0.54
|
0.38
2.67
0.56
|
0.38
2.29
0.52
|
1.07
4.22
1.56
|
0.89
4.58
1.13
|
0.88
7.69
1.27
|
Source: Derived from the International Energy
Agency Publication, Energy Prices and Taxes, Q 4,
1996.
NOTES:
(i) The prices quoted in the table relate
to average prices paid by industrial and domestic users.
(ii) As prices are converted from a national
currency basis to pounds sterling using annual average exchange
rates, the relative position of countries can change solely due
to exchange rate movements.
(iii) The table has been prepared for
the annual Digest of UK Energy Statistics (a publication of the
Government Statistical Service), drawing on the work of the International
Energy Agency.
(iv) Alternative comparative analyses
are also available. Taking other sources into account, it is possible
that the table provided may underestimate the relative cheapness
of UK domestic gas prices compared with Finland and Luxembourg.
(For example, Eurostat data for July 1996 showed UK domestic gas
prices as the lowest in the EU.)
Oil and Gas Directorate
Department of Trade and Industry
20
Prices converted to pounds sterling using annual average exchange
rates. Prices include all taxes where not refundable on purchase
and refer to kWh using the gross calorific value. Back
21
DTI estimated figure. Back
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