Electricity consumers pay for market distortions
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Last month the average wholesale rate of electricity amounted to 239.32 euros per megawatt/hour. However, the final wholesale price on which the cost is calculated for consumers amounted to €316.47/MWh.
That difference of €77.15/MWh is to a great extent the price consumers in Greece pay for the persistence of decades-long political issues, delays in the liberalization of the market, various distortions and the insufficient maintenance of the grid.
Notably in December consumers were burdened by €48.13/MWh for electricity theft, an amount almost equal to the state subsidy against the energy hikes (€49.5).
