Electricity consumers in Greece have received over 9.2 billion euros in subsidies over the past two years, the EU’s sixth highest amount, as a percentage of GDP, a support effort that has been instrumental in Greece’s battle to mitigate the impact of rising electricity prices on its population, the energy ministry has informed.

Greece has steadily recorded variable-tariff electricity price levels below the European average, especially since the summer of 2022, when the energy crisis began to take full force, and, subsequently, has ranked as one of Europe’s lowest-cost countries for retail energy, the energy ministry added, referring to regular data published by HEPI, Europe’s Household Energy Price Index.

The government’s electricity subsidies policy has continued to produce tangible results for consumers in Greece, protecting society and the economy, the ministry noted.

A subsidy-funding mechanism withholding windfall earnings of power producers in the wholesale market, and the suspension of indexation clauses in electricity bills, have both been extended until December 31 in order to assess the situation in international energy markets over the coming months and decide accordingly on the necessity of emergency measures, the ministry noted.

During this period, the ministry will also establish a suitable framework enabling suppliers to better inform consumers on products, while also promoting transparency and price-comparing ability, it added.