Electricity prices for businesses will go up across every customer group in the first half of 2026, while households will see a small drop, the National Statistical Institute says. The comparison is with the second half of 2025, and the prices include all taxes, fees, VAT and state compensation for electricity. Customers are grouped by how much electricity and gas they use in a year.

The steepest rise hits non-household customers using under 20 megawatt-hours a year, up 9.4%. Among households, the biggest drop is 1.4%, in the group using 5,000 to 15,000 kilowatt-hours. The institute calls this drop insignificant.

Natural gas for businesses will get more expensive in every group except the smallest, where the price falls 0.7%. Gas will rise most for customers using between 100,000 and 1,000,000 gigajoules, up 17.4%. For households the rise is small, no more than 1.5%, and hits only the smallest users, up to 20 gigajoules, and the group above 200 gigajoules. The institute says this rise, too, is insignificant.

Gas prices for businesses fell in the second half of 2025 compared with the first six months of the year, dropping in every customer group. The biggest fall was for customers using 100,000 to 1,000,000 gigajoules, down 20.4%. Gas for households also got cheaper across the board, with the sharpest drop, 15.2%, for the smallest users, up to 20 gigajoules, and for the 20-to-200-gigajoule group, which covers most households.

For electricity between July and December 2025, prices rose for both businesses and households. Non-household customers using between 20,000 and 70,000 megawatt-hours saw the biggest rise, 13%. Among households, the price also rose most for the biggest users, above 15,000 kilowatt-hours, up 5.2%.