| Energy Information Administration | |||||||||
| Table Posted: August 18, 2008 | |||||||||
| Next Update: December 2008 | |||||||||
| Electricity Prices for Industry1 | |||||||||
| (U.S. Dollars per Kilowatthour) | |||||||||
| Country | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| Argentina | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.047 | 0.068 | NA |
| Australia | 0.050 | 0.045 | 0.044 | 0.049 | 0.054 | 0.061 | NA | NA | NA |
| Austria | 0.057 | 0.038 | NA | NA | NA | 0.096 | 0.102 | 0.109 | 0.134 |
| Barbados | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.210 | 0.224 | NA |
| Belgium | 0.056 | 0.048 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Bolivia | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.048 | 0.047 | NA |
| Brazil | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.077 | 0.122 | NA |
| Canada | 0.038 | 0.039 | 0.042 | 0.039 | 0.047 | 0.049 | 0.055 | NA | NA |
| Chile | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.078 | 0.090 | NA |
| China | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) | 0.058 | 0.061 | 0.056 | 0.053 | 0.053 | 0.055 | 0.057 | 0.058 | 0.059 |
| Colombia | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.090 | 0.090 | NA |
| Costa Rica | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.071 | 0.074 | NA |
| Cuba | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.082 | 0.087 | NA |
| Cyprus | 0.074 | 0.087 | 0.079 | 0.082 | 0.104 | 0.107 | 0.125 | 0.145 | NA |
| Czech Republic | 0.048 | 0.043 | 0.043 | 0.049 | 0.056 | 0.066 | 0.081 | 0.094 | 0.115 |
| Denmark | 0.066 | 0.058 | 0.060 | 0.070 | 0.092 | 0.096 | NA | NA | NA |
| Dominican Republic | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.138 | 0.004 | NA |
| Ecuador | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.096 | NA | NA |
| El Salvador | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.124 | 0.141 | NA |
| Finland | 0.046 | 0.039 | 0.038 | 0.043 | 0.065 | 0.072 | 0.070 | NA | 0.081 |
| France | 0.044 | 0.036 | 0.035 | 0.037 | 0.045 | 0.050 | 0.050 | 0.051 | 0.056 |
| Germany | 0.057 | 0.041 | 0.044 | 0.049 | 0.065 | 0.077 | 0.084 | 0.094 | NA |
| Greece | 0.050 | 0.042 | 0.043 | 0.046 | 0.056 | 0.063 | 0.067 | NA | NA |
| Grenada | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.188 | 0.188 | NA |
| Guatemala | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.111 | 0.112 | NA |
| Guyana | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.233 | 0.233 | NA |
| Haiti | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.090 | 0.102 | NA |
| Honduras | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.099 | 0.104 | NA |
| Hungary | 0.055 | 0.049 | 0.051 | 0.059 | 0.078 | 0.092 | 0.096 | 0.105 | 0.134 |
| India | 0.081 | 0.080 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Indonesia | 0.027 | 0.036 | 0.035 | 0.048 | 0.062 | 0.063 | 0.059 | NA | NA |
| Ireland | 0.057 | 0.049 | 0.060 | 0.075 | 0.094 | 0.096 | 0.099 | 0.122 | 0.149 |
| Italy | 0.086 | 0.089 | 0.107 | 0.113 | 0.147 | 0.161 | 0.174 | 0.210 | 0.237 |
| Jamaica | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.153 | 0.188 | NA |
| Japan | 0.143 | 0.143 | 0.127 | 0.115 | 0.122 | 0.127 | 0.123 | 0.117 | NA |
| Kazakhstan | 0.018 | 0.013 | 0.014 | 0.014 | 0.015 | 0.018 | 0.020 | 0.024 | 0.033 |
| Korea, South | 0.046 | 0.052 | 0.048 | 0.047 | 0.051 | 0.053 | 0.059 | 0.065 | 0.069 |
| Mexico | 0.042 | 0.051 | 0.053 | 0.056 | 0.062 | 0.077 | 0.088 | 0.099 | 0.102 |
| Netherlands | 0.061 | 0.057 | 0.059 | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| New Zealand | 0.033 | 0.028 | 0.027 | 0.033 | 0.046 | 0.051 | 0.061 | 0.060 | 0.068 |
| Nicaragua | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.132 | 0.165 | NA |
| Norway | NA | 0.019 | 0.025 | 0.031 | 0.046 | 0.043 | 0.043 | 0.055 | 0.048 |
| Panama | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.102 | 0.104 | NA |
| Paraguay | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.038 | 0.041 | NA |
| Peru | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.069 | 0.070 | NA |
| Poland | 0.037 | 0.037 | 0.045 | 0.049 | 0.056 | 0.060 | 0.070 | 0.073 | 0.082 |
| Portugal | 0.078 | 0.067 | 0.066 | 0.068 | 0.083 | 0.093 | 0.098 | 0.110 | 0.128 |
| Romania | 0.037 | 0.044 | 0.042 | 0.053 | 0.067 | 0.071 | 0.095 | NA | NA |
| Russia | NA | NA | 0.021 | 0.024 | 0.029 | 0.030 | 0.032 | 0.036 | NA |
| Singapore | NA | NA | NA | 0.067 | 0.070 | 0.074 | 0.080 | 0.096 | 0.112 |
| Slovak Republic (Slovakia) | 0.041 | 0.042 | 0.043 | 0.047 | 0.070 | 0.083 | 0.086 | 0.098 | 0.137 |
| South Africa | 0.017 | 0.017 | 0.013 | 0.012 | 0.019 | 0.022 | 0.022 | 0.022 | NA |
| Spain | 0.049 | 0.043 | 0.041 | 0.048 | 0.054 | 0.060 | 0.083 | 0.091 | NA |
| Suriname | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.133 | 0.134 | NA |
| Sweden | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Switzerland | 0.090 | 0.069 | 0.068 | 0.070 | 0.079 | 0.084 | 0.081 | 0.080 | 0.084 |
| Thailand | 0.054 | 0.057 | 0.056 | 0.057 | 0.060 | 0.063 | 0.066 | NA | NA |
| Trinidad and Tobago | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.028 | 0.028 | NA |
| Turkey | 0.079 | 0.080 | 0.079 | 0.094 | 0.099 | 0.100 | 0.106 | 0.100 | 0.109 |
| United Kingdom | 0.064 | 0.055 | 0.051 | 0.052 | 0.055 | 0.067 | 0.087 | 0.117 | NA |
| United States 3 | 0.044 | 0.046 | 0.051 | 0.049 | 0.051 | 0.053 | 0.057 | 0.062 | 0.064 |
| Uruguay | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.058 | 0.065 | NA |
| Venezuela | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.032 | 0.032 | NA |
| 1 Energy end-use prices including taxes, converted using exchange rates. | |||||||||
| 2 Price excluding tax. | |||||||||
| 3 Price includes State and local taxes, energy or demand charges, customer service charges, environmental surcharges, | |||||||||
| franchise fees, fuel adjustments, and other miscellaneous charges applied to end-use customers during normal billing | |||||||||
| operations. Prices do not include deferred charges, credist, or other adjustments, such as fuel or revenue from purchased | |||||||||
| power, from previous reporting periods. | |||||||||
| NA=Not available. | |||||||||
| C=Confidential. | |||||||||
| Sources: United States -- Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review, July 2008, Table 9.9. | |||||||||
| Other Countries -- International Energy Agency, Energy Prices & Taxes - Quarterly Statistics, First Quarter | |||||||||
| 2008, Part II, Section D, Table 21, and Part III, Section B, Table 18, 2008. The Paris-based International Energy | |||||||||
| Agency (IEA) maintains annual and quarterly time series of this price data that begin with the year 1978 and that | |||||||||
| also include the most recent quarterly prices. Information on purchasing this data online from the IEA is available at: | |||||||||
| http://data.iea.org/ieastore/default.asp | |||||||||