Factors of Electricity Prices in Selected Eu Member States after the Financial Crisis and During Significant Market Distortions

France Krizanic and Zan Jan Oplotnik
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France Krizanic: EIPF - Economic Institute, Presernova 21, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia,
Zan Jan Oplotnik: Department of Finance and International Economy, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Maribor, Razlagova 14, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia.

International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 2017, vol. 7, issue 2, 250-254

Abstract: Analysis of the electric power market in a region of five EU countries (Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy and Slovenia) with one-sixth of the EU population reveals that in the period following the last financial crisis growth of 1% in electricity consumption led to 0.9% higher electric power prices for industry and 0.6% higher electricity prices for households. The situation on the German electricity market also holds a statistically significant influence. An increase in taxes in the German price of electricity (collected to raise funds intended for power generation from renewable sources) of 1% leads to 0.25% reduction in electricity prices for industrial use and 0.12% reduction in electricity prices for households in the analyzed group of EU Member States. From 2010 to 2015, Germany opened the subsidization of electricity generation from renewable sources from 12 to 24 billion euros per year (0.8% of gross domestic product in 2015). This has had the impact of increasing the supply of electricity and providing only intermittent information about the actual cost of production of these goods. Between 2011 and 2015, the electric power price on the German energy exchange (Phelix) fell 38%.

Keywords: Electricity Market; Electricity Prices; Production of Electricity; Energy and the Economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D40 F00 L94 Q43 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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