Comment by azalemeth
7 hours ago
This just isn't really true any more. The Scandinavian countries have become net green energy exporters including over winter (lots of wind power and biogas in municipal heating networks) and the block as a whole is banning Russian gas imports from next year. (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20251211IP...)
The price per kWh has dropped sharply in recent years compared to the invasion peak, though they are about double what they were before COVID (not inflation adjusted) - see https://skilky-skilky.info/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Househ.... It's the UK that's up the shitter but that's far from uncommon....
Scandinavian electricity won't fire my gas-based boiler, not will it light my stove.
Power in general is doing just fine (though the oil countries are doing another squeeze to drive up the price again), but specific power sources quite a few European countries are currently relying on like natural gas are still hard to come by. Prices did drop after this summer, but are still higher than the standard rate before the Russian invasion.
I'd love to go all-electric, but the chances of being able to afford a place of my own before the end of the Trump presidency are slimmer than the probability that my government gets its electrical network in order (current estimation: 2035).