Brussels, 20/07/2000 (Agence Europe) - According to a study published by the EU Statistical Office, Eurostat, electricity prices (before taxes) registered a general downward trend in the period from January 1998 to January 2000. Both households and industrial users benefit from the price reduction, most Member States having applied or currently applying the new rules resulting from electricity market liberalisation. Nonetheless, the trends differ sometimes substantially from one Member State...