Q28 - Renewable Resources and Conservation: Government PolicyReturn

The paper deals with the issue of environmental taxes. It focuses on the energy taxes, which are introduced by Directive 2003/96/ES. The paper discusses the electricity tax in the Czech Republic. These taxes are compared with the tax in other EU states. The next part is focused on electricity prices and components of electricity. The paper deals with income effect. The substitution effect is only mentioned. Thank regression analysis is analysed relationship between price of electricity and electricity taxes. The paper deals with the electricity tax and its impact on renewable energy. The main goal is analyzed the impact of taxation on electricity to its price and renewable energy development.