EU households just saw their electricity bills get heavier on the tax side. The tax and levy portion jumped from 24.7% in late 2024 to 27.6% in early 2025. That's a noticeable shift in how the bill breaks down.
Interesting part? The average price itself barely moved—still hovering around €28.72 per 100 kWh. So you're paying roughly the same total, but a bigger chunk is now going to government coffers instead of energy suppliers. Makes you wonder how this plays into broader energy policy shifts across the bloc.
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StakoorNeverSleeps
· 12-09 14:07
Damn, the tax rate has gone up again. The government's tactics are insane. The amount of money we pay hasn't changed, it's just been transferred from the energy companies to the government's pockets. Basically, it's just another way to fleece us.
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ZenMiner
· 12-09 11:52
It's all the same, the amount of money is still the same, it's just in a different pocket... The government is playing word games again.
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GasFeeSurvivor
· 12-08 23:48
The tax rate has increased by nearly 3 percentage points. Energy companies are making just as much, but the government is quietly reaching into the people's wallets... I'm all too familiar with this trick.
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SchrodingerWallet
· 12-08 17:44
I don't get it... The tax burden jumps from 24.7% to 27.6%, but the electricity price stays the same? So they're just moving money from the energy companies' pockets to the government's—it's just another upgraded way to fleece the people.
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PrivacyMaximalist
· 12-06 14:59
The tax rates are being forcibly increased, yet energy companies are having an easy time... This logic doesn't seem right.
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SilentAlpha
· 12-06 14:59
The tax rate jumped from 24.7% to 27.6%? So the electricity bill didn't change, it's just that all the money is going to the government now. Incredible.
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TommyTeacher1
· 12-06 14:58
What's going on? It's taxes on top of taxes again... the electricity price hasn't changed, but the bill got heavier. All the money is going into the government's pocket.
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DAOdreamer
· 12-06 14:48
gm, so the EU is basically fleecing people in disguise... The tax rate jumps from 24.7 to 27.6, and the nominal price stays the same, which means they’re quietly moving money into the government’s pocket. I know this trick well.
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LiquidationWatcher
· 12-06 14:43
Damn, the tax rate jumped straight from 24.7% to 27.6%? That's ridiculous. On the surface, the price hasn't changed, but they're actually setting a trap.
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ser_we_are_ngmi
· 12-06 14:35
yo taxes creeping up again while the actual price stays flat... classic government move lol. so basically we're paying the same but they're just rerouting more cash to themselves? smh
EU households just saw their electricity bills get heavier on the tax side. The tax and levy portion jumped from 24.7% in late 2024 to 27.6% in early 2025. That's a noticeable shift in how the bill breaks down.
Interesting part? The average price itself barely moved—still hovering around €28.72 per 100 kWh. So you're paying roughly the same total, but a bigger chunk is now going to government coffers instead of energy suppliers. Makes you wonder how this plays into broader energy policy shifts across the bloc.