Electricity trade in Europe: Who imports and who exports the most?
John Springford, associate fellow at the Centre for European Reform (CER), said that countries that rely on gas to set the electricity price will tend to import more electricity. “Countries in which gas is more often the marginal producer will be bigger net importers. As the price of gas is higher, and they use gas more often, these countries will find that they import more from lower-priced plants abroad,” he said.