Russia electricity prices
The residential electricity price in Russia is
RUB 5.380 per kWh or USD 0.050.
The electricity price for businesses is
RUB 7.615 kWh or
USD 0.071.
These retail prices were collected in March 2024 and include the cost of power, distribution and transmission, and all taxes and fees.
Compare Russia with 150 other countries.
Historical quarterly data, along with the latest update from December 2024 are available for download.
Sources: ЕИРЦ Санкт-Петербурга, Министерство энергетики Российской Федерации
Electricity price analysis for Russia
- Residential electricity prices in Russia are 38.68% of the world average electricity price and 25.94% of the average price in Europe.
- Business electricity rates in Russia are 56.10% of the world average price and 43.08% of the average in Europe.
- Household rates are 70.65% of the business rates.
- Electricity prices paid by small businesses in Russia are 155.41% of the prices paid by big businesses.
- The price paid by households with low electricity consumption is 100.06% of the price paid by households with high electricity consumption.
- Fossil fuels: 60.52%
- Wind: 0.29%
- Solar: 0.19%
- Hydro: 19.29%
- Nuclear: 19.68%
- Geothermal: 0.04%
