EU countries challenge European Commission plan to tax electricity less than gas
By Louis de Briant ( September 15, 2026, 12:53 GMT | Insight) -- Nine EU countries have told the European Commission they do not agree with its plans to tax electricity less than gas in planned legislation to boost the bloc's use of electricity and cut imports of fossil fuels, a document from the member states shows. EU member states are in the process of considering the commission's EU Electrification Action Plan which aims to electricity's share of energy consumption to 46 percent by 2040.Nine EU countries have told the European Commission they do not agree with its plans to tax electricity less than gas in planned legislation to boost the bloc's use of electricity and cut imports of fossil fuels, a document from the member states shows....
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