Prices of electricity and natural gas
What does the survey comprise?
Purpose
The survey Prices of natural gas and electricity aims to reflect the average prices paid by end users for natural gas and electricity. The total price is comprised of energy supply prices and network prices.Target population
End users of natural gas and electricity. These are household and final non-household customers buying natural gas for their own use that is distributed through mains.Statistical unit
the national average prices charged to household and final non-household customers.Date/year survey startedPrices of natural gas and electricity are available from the first semester of 2009.
Frequency
Bi-annualPublication strategy
The figures are provisional at first publication.How is the survey conducted?
Survey type
The prices are the average of all surveyed energy companies, divided over consumption bands. These energy companies submit the energy consumption and costs attached to them for all their clients, covering a representative share of the national market.Survey method
For the compilation of data, statistical surveys are conducted at energy companies. Energy supply companies and regional network companies are approached.Network prices for households are derived from administrative sources. Open data and tariffs are published on the websites of the regional network companies, providing the necessary data to compile the prices.
Respondents
Energy companiesSample size
The panel consists of many of the large energy companies operating in the Netherlands, making sure at least 70 percent of the market is covered.Checking and correction methods
The data is validated by using the build-in validation tools of the questionnaires that are disseminated as well as several additional checks on data provided to Statistics Netherlands.An imputation method is developed whereby a consumption band with no response can still provide a price. For this, the last known price for the same period of the previous year is updated using the year-to-year trend in prices from the left nearest category.