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European electricity prices rising / Fereidoon Sioshansi, EU Energy Policy blog, 23/04/2014http://www.energypolicyblog.com/2014/04/23/european-electricity-prices-rising/“European consumers’ electricity and gas prices have risen and are still rising,” is a good summary of a recent report, Energy Costs &#38; Prices in Europe, released by the European Commission in Brussels. Moreover, whilst almost all Member States have seen a consistent rise in consumer prices of electricity and gas, the differences between national prices remain large: consumers in the highest priced Member States are paying 2.5 to 4 times as much as those in the lowest priced Member States...