Comment by phicoh

It's not that simple. For example, in the The Netherlands, the use of electricity was stable for a long time. Mostly because all kinds of equipment (light bulbs, etc) got more efficient.

Grid operators predicted that with the energy transition, demand would rise, but politics wanted to keep prices low and limited investments.

So now, there is a big problem in the entire country connecting companies or new residential areas to the grid independent of how electricity is generated.

At the same time, the government is extremely forward looking and builds massive interconnection points on the North-Sea. Not a bad idea in the long run, but in the short run it does make electricity from wind on sea more expensive.

That said, the biggest hit to EU countries is that cheap natural gas disappeared. Coal is not cheap and extremely polluting. Natural gas was cheap for a while. Until it wasn't.