# Hungary imposes a household utility price freeze

Date: 2013

Rezsicsökkentés, the utility price cut and later freeze, became a flagship household instrument from 2013 and was defended through the 2022 energy shock until a 2022 partial rollback above average consumption. It is a completed price-control, not a generation investment.

## People

- Viktor Orbán: https://factrail.ai/people/viktor-orban

## Drivers

- Cost-of-Living Pressure: https://factrail.ai/drivers/econ-cost-of-living-pressure

## Sources

- https://www.iea.org/countries/hungary
- https://kormany.hu/hirek/rezsicsokkentes

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/hu-utility-price-freeze