Electricity in Italia is too expensive. EU report: 116 euros per MWh against an average of 85
The snapshot taken by the European Commission, which aims to say goodbye to its energy dependence on foreign countries
Key points
Electricity in Italia costs too much. The average wholesale price of electricity in 2025 for Italians was 116 euro/MWh. The average in the EU, by contrast, is 85 euros/MWh. Putting this in black and white is the latest report published by the European Commission based on the four years of implementation of the REPowerEu.
It is a plan that aims to reduce Europe's dependence on Russian energy imports. According to the Commission, this will be done by focusing on energy savings, accelerating the spread of renewable energies and diversifying supply sources.
The reasons
The causes are to be found in Italia's dependence on expensive natural gas for electricity production and its limited flexibility in terms of non-fossil sources and interconnection capacity. A fact that after the start of the conflict in the Middle East is bound to increase.
The numbers
As highlighted in the report, fossil fuels accounted for 52.3 per cent of Italy's electricity production throughout 2025. We are talking about the fifth highest share of fossil fuels in the energy mix of an EU country, maintaining their structural role as the dominant technology in determining marginal prices and keeping costs high.
According to an analysis by the European Commission, average electricity prices on the day-ahead market in Italia increased by 12 per cent last year. The sting, the EU explains, is due to the increase in natural gas supply costs and the limited production from renewable sources.
