1. Introduction

Electricity prices have reached record levels in 2022 and hit all-time highs following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In order to reduce this price the EU has adopted Council Regulation (EU) 2022/1854 on an emergency intervention to address high energy prices. One of the measures in this regulation is that member states seek to implement measures to achieve a reduction of gross electricity consumption by 10% compared to a reference period (defined as five winters 1 November- 31 March,  from 2017/2018 to 2021/2022). It was agreed that increase of electricity consumption due to electrification may be subtracted from the target. 

This note aims to provide data that may help to quantify electrification in the Netherlands in the relevant period.