Benefit of the order of 200 euros had the average in 2024 consumer Electricity that chose at the beginning of time constant (blue) invoice electricity instead of special (green) or floating (yellow) invoices.
This conclusion is drawn to households with consumption of 300 kilowatts per month and explains the massive shift of consumers to stable invoices in recent months.
In particular, according to data from the Waste, Energy and Water Regulatory Authority (RAAE) on the average monthly kilowatt -hour price per invoice category last year, from all suppliers, it appears that the annual expenditure For those who remained In the green invoice (with consumption of 300 kilowatts per month) It was 545 euroswhile the average burden for consumers with yellow invoice was marginally lower, at 533 euros.
Those who closed in January 2024 with a fixed invoice of 12 cents per kilowatt -hour (there were then cheaper proposals, below 10 cents), paid a total of 396 euros (the amounts include only the cost of energy and not the charges for networks, taxes, etc.).
This difference explains the fivefolding, during 2024, of home consumers who turned to stable invoices which at the end of the year were 800,265 versus 161,461 in January. Already according to market estimates have exceeded 1 million.
According to RAAE, the movement of consumers from special invoices to fixed invoices was mainly observed during the months of June and July when special invoices have increased a lot and suppliers provided a variety of choices in fixed tariffs with low prices of 6 and 12 months. A similar phenomenon was observed in December, in which part of consumers moved to fixed invoices.
Different is the picture In the EUaccording to the monthly report on HEPI Retail Prices which points out that due to the energy crisis Contracts with fixed prices became more expensive than floating or stopped being available.
However by April The voltage is changed again resulting in three large purchases (Germany, Great Britain and Netherlands) the fixed invoices have been made again cheaper than floating. However, the majority of consumers in the EU, and especially in the most mature markets, choose fixed price contracts.