Energy in Australia
Energy-in-Australia-2015
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Prices<br />
Figure 9.21: OECD household electricity prices, PPP measure a , 2014<br />
Germany<br />
Portugal<br />
Poland<br />
Slovak Republic<br />
Spa<strong>in</strong> c<br />
Turkey<br />
Italy<br />
Denmark<br />
Greece<br />
Hungary<br />
Ireland<br />
Czech Republic<br />
Slovenia<br />
Japan<br />
Austria<br />
Chile<br />
Netherlands<br />
OECD average<br />
Estonia<br />
United K<strong>in</strong>gdom<br />
Belgium<br />
<strong>Australia</strong> b<br />
New Zealand<br />
France<br />
Luxembourg<br />
Sweden<br />
F<strong>in</strong>land<br />
Israel c<br />
Mexico<br />
Switzerland<br />
Korea<br />
United States<br />
Canada c<br />
Norway<br />
21st<br />
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40<br />
US cent/kWh<br />
Notes: a) The purchas<strong>in</strong>g power parity (PPP) measure is calculated us<strong>in</strong>g OECD PPPs for GDP to transform<br />
IEA electricity prices (national currency per unit) and AEMC electricity prices for <strong>Australia</strong>. PPPs<br />
are the rates of currency conversion that equalise the purchas<strong>in</strong>g power of different countries by<br />
elim<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g differences <strong>in</strong> price levels between countries.<br />
b) AEMC electricity price for <strong>Australia</strong> is GST <strong>in</strong>clusive; total prices (<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g taxes) reported for other<br />
countries.<br />
c) 2013 data for Canada and Israel; 2011 data for Spa<strong>in</strong><br />
Source: AEMC (2015) 2014 Residential Electricity Price Trends; IEA (2015), <strong>Energy</strong> Prices and Taxes;<br />
OECD.Stat.<br />
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