1. Supply charges
The value of the electricity you used, at your supplier's price, and usually a fixed monthly charge. These are the competitive charges: this is where suppliers differ, and where switching makes the difference.
2. Regulated charges
They depend mostly on your usage, but their rates are the same for everyone in the same category, whichever supplier you have. Your supplier doesn't set them: they follow the law and the regulator's rules:
- the charges for using the transmission and distribution networks,
- the public service charge (ΥΚΩ, «Υπηρεσίες Κοινής Ωφέλειας»),
- the special levy for reducing emissions (ΕΤΜΕΑΡ).
3. Charges for third parties
They aren't about electricity, but are collected through the bill: municipal fees, the property levy (ΤΑΠ) and the fee for ΕΡΤ, the public broadcaster.
Taxes
Taxes are added at the end, such as VAT and the special consumption tax.
Estimated or actual?
An estimated bill («έναντι») is based on an estimate of your usage. The settlement bill («εκκαθαριστικός») comes after ΔΕΔΔΗΕ, the distribution network operator, reads the meter: it shows your actual usage and offsets what you paid on estimate.
To be billed on actual readings, you can enter the meter reading yourself on your supplier's or ΔΕΔΔΗΕ's website or app. That avoids big swings from one bill to the next.
What to look at when you compare
The supply price and the fixed charge: the other charges are the same with every supplier. If a price comes with a discount, check what it depends on, for example paying on time.
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