Average energy prices for consumers
| VAT | Periods | Natural gas Variable supply rate contract prices (Euro/m3) | Natural gas ODE levy (sustainable energy surcharge) (Euro/m3) | Natural gas Energy tax (Euro/m3) | Electricity Variable supply rate contract prices (Euro/kWh) | Electricity ODE levy (sustainable energy surcharge) (Euro/kWh) | Electricity Energy tax (Euro/kWh) | Electricity Energy tax refund (Euro/year) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Including VAT | 2025 March | 0.6494 | 0.69957 | 0.1560 | 0.12286 | -635.19 | ||
| Including VAT | 2025 April | 0.6596 | 0.69957 | 0.1520 | 0.12286 | -635.19 | ||
| Including VAT | 2025 May | 0.6595 | 0.69957 | 0.1481 | 0.12286 | -635.19 | ||
| Including VAT | 2025 June | 0.6563 | 0.69957 | 0.1470 | 0.12286 | -635.19 | ||
| Including VAT | 2025 July | 0.6447 | 0.69957 | 0.1479 | 0.12286 | -635.19 | ||
| Including VAT | 2025 August | 0.6286 | 0.69957 | 0.1480 | 0.12286 | -635.19 | ||
| Including VAT | 2025 September | 0.6269 | 0.69957 | 0.1485 | 0.12286 | -635.19 | ||
| Including VAT | 2025 October | 0.6126 | 0.69957 | 0.1514 | 0.12286 | -635.19 | ||
| Including VAT | 2025 November | 0.6058 | 0.69957 | 0.1518 | 0.12286 | -635.19 | ||
| Including VAT | 2025 December | 0.6010 | 0.69957 | 0.1520 | 0.12286 | -635.19 | ||
| Including VAT | 2026 January | 0.5868 | 0.72680 | 0.1497 | 0.11085 | -628.96 | ||
| Including VAT | 2026 February* | 0.5767 | 0.72680 | 0.1474 | 0.11085 | -628.96 | ||
| Excluding VAT | 2025 March | 0.5367 | 0.57816 | 0.1289 | 0.10154 | -524.95 | ||
| Excluding VAT | 2025 April | 0.5451 | 0.57816 | 0.1256 | 0.10154 | -524.95 | ||
| Excluding VAT | 2025 May | 0.5450 | 0.57816 | 0.1224 | 0.10154 | -524.95 | ||
| Excluding VAT | 2025 June | 0.5424 | 0.57816 | 0.1214 | 0.10154 | -524.95 | ||
| Excluding VAT | 2025 July | 0.5328 | 0.57816 | 0.1222 | 0.10154 | -524.95 | ||
| Excluding VAT | 2025 August | 0.5195 | 0.57816 | 0.1223 | 0.10154 | -524.95 | ||
| Excluding VAT | 2025 September | 0.5181 | 0.57816 | 0.1227 | 0.10154 | -524.95 | ||
| Excluding VAT | 2025 October | 0.5062 | 0.57816 | 0.1251 | 0.10154 | -524.95 | ||
| Excluding VAT | 2025 November | 0.5007 | 0.57816 | 0.1254 | 0.10154 | -524.95 | ||
| Excluding VAT | 2025 December | 0.4967 | 0.57816 | 0.1256 | 0.10154 | -524.95 | ||
| Excluding VAT | 2026 January | 0.4850 | 0.60066 | 0.1237 | 0.09161 | -519.80 | ||
| Excluding VAT | 2026 February* | 0.4766 | 0.60066 | 0.1218 | 0.09161 | -519.80 | ||
| Source: CBS. | ||||||||
Table explanation
This table contains consumer prices for electricity and gas. Weighted average monthly prices are published broken down into transport rate, supply rates and taxes, both including and excluding VAT. These prices are published on a monthly basis.
Data available from: January 2021
Status of the figures:
When first published, the figures are provisional. These will become definitive with the following month’s publication.
Changes compared with previous version:
Data on the most recent period have been added and/or adjustments have been implemented.
Changes as of 26 February 2026:
As of the reporting month of January 2026, average fixed and variable supply rates for dynamic electricity contracts are published. Figures are available from January 2025 onwards.
When will new figures be published?
New figures will usually be published between the first and second Thursday of the month.
Description topics
- Natural gas
- Variable supply rate contract prices
- Average consumer prices per cubic meter of variable costs for the supply of natural gas for a fixed or variable contract. Both existing contracts and new contracts are part of this average price. Government measures such as the price cap do not influence the average price. The actual amount per household may vary depending on the type of contract, the duration of the contract and the energy supplier of choice.
- ODE levy (sustainable energy surcharge)
- Surcharge on the use of electricity and natural gas meant to stimulate financing of the production of sustainable energy. Decided in the act Wet opslag duurzame energie- en klimaattransitie. The ODE levy has been cancelled from 1 January 2023 as a separate levy and included in the energy tax.
- Energy tax
- The government taxes the use of electricity and natural gas. Decided in the Environmental Taxes Act.
- Electricity
- Variable supply rate contract prices
- Average consumer prices per kilowatt hours of variable costs for the supply of electricity for a fixed or variable contract. Both existing contracts and new contracts are part of this average price. Government measures such as the price cap do not influence the average price. The actual amount per household may vary depending on the type of contract, the duration of the contract and the energy supplier of choice.
- ODE levy (sustainable energy surcharge)
- Surcharge on the use of electricity and natural gas meant to stimulate financing of the production of sustainable energy. Decided in the act Wet opslag duurzame energie- en klimaattransitie. The ODE levy has been cancelled from 1 January 2023 as a separate levy and included in the energy tax.
- Energy tax
- The government taxes the use of electricity and natural gas. Decided in the Environmental Taxes Act.
- Energy tax refund
- Energy tax deduction/tax-free threshold over a basic amount of energy use; this is granted per electricity connection, as stipulated in the Environmental Taxes Act.