January 6, 2026

Electricity prices return to pre-energy crisis levels, easing inflationary pressure

Electricity is once again as cheap as it was before the energy crisis, reports the AD newspaper. Anyone who signs a one-year contract with an energy supplier now will pay 22 cents per kWh, the same level as in 2021. "But you should really compare it to 2020," says Hans van Cleef, head of energy research at research agency Eqolibrium, on BNR radio. "And then the price is still considerably higher."

Read and listen to the entire item on BNR here.