Price differences between Germany and Austria

[greenforest32]

How about water and electricity utility rates?

Like in terms of price per unit used (per kWh, per gallon liter?) and the average monthly bill.

[greenforest32]

How about water and electricity utility rates?

Like in terms of price per unit used (per kWh, per gallon liter?) and the average monthly bill.

In Omaha you pay a base of $9/month and then 10 cents/kwh in the summer and ~9 cents/kwh in the winter (it gets cheaper per hour the more you use in the winter).  I'm not sure about water...it's combined with trash, sewage and gas and it's still usually much cheaper than the electric bill.

Yeah, it's about the same here.

How about water and electricity utility rates?

Like in terms of price per unit used (per kWh, per gallon liter?) and the average monthly bill.

Average water price in Germany: €1.73 per 1000 liters ($2.26).

Average electricity price in Germany: €0.257 per kwh, so 34 cents US per kwh.

Wow

That's relatively expensive electricity rates, at least to me. My utility, the most expensive one in the state, is about 10 US cents per kWh for the first 4-600kWh a month or so. Probably the difference between sources (lots of large scale hydro here) and the emission trading/feed-in tariff but is there also large taxes embedded in that rate?

I know our gas taxes are very low compared to the EU countries' but is it the same for electricity taxes? The tax here is usually a small flat fee (less than $10/month) or a 1-5% charge against the gross bill dedicated to specific programs.