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Understanding your EAC bill · Cyprus 2026

Your Cyprus electricity bill, explained line by line

The energy charge is roughly 10 cents per unit. Your real cost is closer to 25 to 32. Here is where the difference goes, and what solar can and cannot remove.

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Open an EAC bill and the total rarely matches the unit price people quote. The headline energy charge is only a fraction of what you pay. Understanding the gap is the first step to doing something about it.

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Energy chargeRoughly 10 cents per kWh on the standard domestic tariff
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Everything stacked on topNetwork, fuel adjustment, levies and VAT roughly double or triple it
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What you actually payApproximately 25 to 32 cents per kWh all-in

What is actually on the bill

Your bill is not a single price. It is a stack of separate charges, which is why two households using the same units can still see different totals.

  • Energy charge — the electricity itself, around 10 cents per kWh on the standard domestic tariff
  • Network and distribution charges — the cost of getting it to you, charged per kWh
  • Fuel adjustment — passes through the cost of imported fuel, revised periodically and approved by CERA
  • Ancillary services and public service levies — regulated additions, each small on its own
  • Metering charge — a fixed monthly amount per consumer
  • VAT — applied on the total, currently at the reduced 9% rate

The important consequence is that only part of your bill scales with the units you use. The rest is fixed or regulated, which matters when you estimate what solar will save.

Why electricity is expensive in Cyprus

Cyprus has no domestic fuel and, so far, no natural gas in the generation mix. Most electricity is produced from imported fuel oil, so households pay for the fuel and for bringing it to the island.

That also explains the volatility. When oil prices fall, Cypriot bills fall quickly, which is exactly what happened through 2025 when Cyprus recorded the largest household electricity price decrease in the EU.

Work out your own effective rate

Ignore the quoted unit price. The number that matters is your own:

Total amount of the bill ÷ units consumed on that bill = your true cost per kWh

Do this on a summer bill and a winter bill. The two figures will differ, and the average is what you should use when comparing quotes or estimating solar savings. Anyone who quotes you savings without asking for this number is guessing.

Choosing the right tariff code

EAC offers several domestic tariff codes. The standard single-rate domestic tariff suits most households. A dual day/night tariff can pay off if a meaningful share of your consumption can be moved to night hours, for example water heating, washing or heat-accumulating appliances.

Switching costs nothing, so it is worth checking that your code matches how you actually use electricity. A reduced social tariff also exists for eligible households, assessed on income and circumstances.

What solar changes, and what it does not

Since January 2026, new residential solar in Cyprus operates under Net Billing rather than net metering. That changes the arithmetic significantly.

Solar you use at home

Replaces electricity you would have bought at the full all-in rate. This is where nearly all the value sits.

Solar you export

Credited at a wholesale rate rather than retail. CERA Decision 112/2023 caps the Low Voltage purchase price at 11 cents per kWh.

What stays regardless

Metering and standing charges remain, and anything you still import is billed normally.

Why storage matters now

Shifting daytime production into the evening turns low-value export into high-value self-consumption.

This is why an oversized system is no longer automatically better. A system matched to your consumption, and often a battery, beats a bigger array that exports cheaply.

See it on your own numbers

Our cost calculator takes your bill and supply, models the year month by month under Net Billing, and shows what you would use at home, what you would export, what you would still buy, and the indicative price. It is an estimate, not a quotation, but it is built on the same arithmetic explained above.

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Frequently asked questions

The energy charge is only part of it. Network and distribution charges, the fuel adjustment, ancillary services, public service levies and VAT are added on top. That is why an energy charge of roughly 10 cents ends up as an all-in cost of roughly 25 to 32 cents per kWh.
Cyprus generates most of its electricity from imported fuel oil, so the cost of that fuel is passed through as a periodic adjustment approved by CERA. When oil prices fall, bills fall with them, which is what produced the decrease Cypriot households saw through 2025.
Take the total amount of the bill and divide it by the units consumed on that same bill. That gives your true effective rate, which is the only number worth using when you compare quotes or estimate solar savings.
No. Standing and metering charges remain, and any electricity you still import is charged normally. What solar removes is the units you no longer buy, which under Net Billing means the value comes mainly from what you use at home rather than what you export.
A reduced rate of 9% has applied as a policy measure and has been extended to 31 March 2027. If it lapses and the standard 19% returns, bills rise accordingly, which is worth allowing for in any long-term projection.
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Figures on this page are indicative and change over time. Tariffs, the fuel adjustment and regulated charges are set and revised by CERA and EAC; always check your own bill and the official sources for current values.

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