According to the EU statistical office, 16 of 24 EU member states saw electricity prices fall during the first half of the year, with the Netherlands registering the biggest decrease (-31.0%). Luxembourg, on the other hand, was amongst the countries with the largest increase in electricity prices at +10.5%, just behind Poland (+12.9%) and Lithuania (+13.6%). 

Taxes and levies made up 40% of the electricity bills charged to households in the EU. 

As for gas, the average price in the EU remained almost stable at €6.6 per 100kWh, with 33% of gas bills made up of taxes and levies. Gas prices fell in 18 member states whereby the largest decrease was registered in Latvia (29.4%) and the biggest spike in the Netherlands (+8%) due to tax increases.