European Statistics on Gas and Electricity Prices

Summary

This regulation mandates the collection of European statistics on natural gas and electricity prices to improve transparency and data quality across the EU.
10 17.11.2016
Other
energy
statistics
public administration
business and competition

Key points

  • The regulation transitions energy price data collection for households from a voluntary basis to a mandatory one.
  • Member States must ensure that the data collection system provides high-quality, comparable, and representative information on gas and electricity prices.
  • The timeframe for Eurostat to publish price statistics is reduced from five months to three months after the end of each reference period.
  • Reporting requirements are extended to include large non-household customers, while maintaining strict confidentiality for sensitive information.
These raw data are provided by the Open Data Portal of the European Union (data.europa.eu) and are licensed under ODC-BY 1.0.