Riga Heating Tariff to Rise 19% From December
Latvia's Public Utilities Commission has approved a new heat tariff for Riga: from 1 December it will be 96.33 euros per megawatt-hour. The current tariff is 80.96 euros per MWh.
Latvia's utilities regulator, the Public Utilities Commission (SPRK), has found the heat supply tariff set by "Rīgas siltums" and its justification to comply with the tariff calculation methodology. As a result, from 1 December 2026 the final heat tariff of the Riga heat supplier will be 96.33 euros per megawatt-hour (MWh), compared with 80.96 euros per MWh at present. Heat costs for consumers in Riga will therefore increase.
What changes in the tariff components
The heat production tariff will go up by 23.6% to 70.06 euros per MWh. The transmission and distribution tariff will rise by 8.3% to 23.85 euros per MWh. The trade tariff stays unchanged at 1.83 euros per MWh. The excise duty component will increase by 47.5% to 0.59 euros per MWh.
The changes are attributed to shifts in energy resource prices and upcoming changes to excise duty rates.
Company results
As previously reported, the turnover of the "Rīgas siltums" group in the financial year from 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025 was 239.625 million euros, 3.6% less than a year earlier. Group profit grew several times over to 19.888 million euros. The parent company's turnover was 239.618 million euros, also down 3.6%, while its profit rose 61.4% to 6.373 million euros. The group also includes SIA "Rīgas BioEnerģija".
"Rīgas siltums" is one of the main heat suppliers in Riga. Of its share capital, 49% is held by Riga City Council, 48.99% by the Latvian state, 2% by SIA "Enerģijas risinājumi. RIX" and 0.005% by "Latvenergo".
