About this data

Source: DESNZ, International domestic and industrial energy prices (Tables 5.4.1, 5.6.1, 5.8.1 and 5.10.1), from Eurostat

• Prices are converted to pence at the exchange rate of each half-year and are not adjusted for inflation, so changes partly reflect movements in the pound.
• Household prices are for medium consumers, using 2,500 to 5,000 kWh of electricity, or 5,560 to 55,560 kWh of gas, a year, and include VAT.
• Business prices include taxes and levies such as the Climate Change Levy, but not VAT, which businesses can usually reclaim. Small businesses use 20 to 500 megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity a year, medium 2,000 to 20,000 MWh and large 20,000 to 70,000 MWh; for gas, small businesses use about 280 to 2,800 MWh, medium 2,800 to 28,000 MWh and large 28,000 to 280,000 MWh.
• The median is the middle value of the EU countries and the UK. Countries without a gas network for most homes, such as Cyprus and Malta, have no gas prices.

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