High voltage power line. File photoBRUSSELS, Aug 22 The average price for the day ahead, that is, on August 23, electricity in a number of EU countries rose above 600 euros per megawatt-hour, according to data from the Nord Pool exchange. For example, in Austria the figure was 615.75 euros at 12.46 (13.46 Moscow time), in France — 611.85 euros, in the Netherlands — 603.55 euros, in Belgium — 603.38 euros.
«Leftists» demand a ban on cutting off electricity and gas in Germany. At the same time, on August 22, for example, in the Netherlands, such a price was at the level of 558.23 euros, in Austria — 564.66 euros. In France, on August 21, it was 398.20 euros. According to the stock exchange, in Latvia and Lithuania, the average price of electricity in August in one day exceeded 800 euros per kilowatt-hour, but the figure dropped and on August 23 is just over 540 euros. exchanges specify that these are wholesale prices, they do not include taxes and fees applicable at the national level. . Europe plunges into food and energy crisis
