Gas and electricity expensive in Holland
Dutch consumers pay some of the highest rates for gas and electricity in Europe, says national statistics office CBS. Electricity is only more expensive in Denmark and Italy, while only the Danes, Swedes and Germans pay more for gas.
Since 1991, the price of gas and electricity in the Netherlands has more than doubled, in the other older EU countries it has gone up 20%.
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