Average electricity proceeds up 1.1% in 2010 from 2009
The provisional average proceeds (price ceiling) from electricity sales to special-contract customers amounted to 10.66 cents per kilowatt hour in 2010. The price ceiling thus rose by 1.1% from 2009 when it was 10.54 cents per kilowatt hour.
The legal definition of the price ceiling is the average proceeds per kilowatt hour obtained by the electricity supply industry from electricity sales to special-contract customers.
Public utilities use it as a basis for calculating concession fees. That are charges to be paid by public utilities to the municipalities for the right to supply final consumers with electricity and to use public traffic routes for laying and operating cables.
Average gas proceeds in 2010 down by 10.5% from 2009
The provisional average gas proceeds (price ceiling) amounted to 3.74 cents per kilowatt hour in 2010. The price ceiling thus was down by 10.5% compared with 2009, when it was 4.18 cents per kilowatt hour.
The price ceiling is defined by law as the average proceeds per kilowatt hour obtained from the supply of gas to all final consumers; it is shown exclusive of VAT.
