With an expected introductory price of around €60 per tonne of CO2, the annual heating costs for affected households would increase by around €60 on average across the EU.
Poland, Hungary and Slovakia are among the few Member States where average increases could reach €100–€400 a year, according to a Bertelsmann Stiftung study that was published on 21 January.
The uniform price of CO2 under the new EU Emissions Trading System (ETS2), which will be extended to buildings in 2028,...