Electricity and gas prices in the EU generally fell for both household and industrial consumers in 2016 and European households paid 8.4% less for their gas in 2016 compared to 2015, mostly thanks to improved gas markets, while the electricity household prices went down by 2.1% – the first registered decrease for households since 2008 – thanks to the steady decline of electricity wholesale prices in recent years, the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) and the Council...