Guidance

Domestic energy prices: data sources and methodology

Document showing the data sources and methodologies used to produce domestic energy price statistics.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 17 May 2012
• Last updated: 19 December 2024 — See all updates

Documents

Domestic energy prices: data sources and methodology

PDF, 354 KB, 18 pages

Domestic energy prices: consumption level review 2020 - methodology

PDF, 290 KB, 8 pages

Domestic energy prices: consumption level review 2024 – proposed methodology

PDF, 243 KB, 8 pages

Details

Domestic price statistics provide important information for monitoring the energy market. They are used to measure the rises and falls in gas and electricity prices and the effect this has on domestic energy bills, including effects on prices from any changes to competition within the market.

Published 17 May 2012
Last updated 19 December 2024 + show all updates

1. 19 December 2024

   Published Domestic energy prices: consumption level review 2024 – proposed methodology.

2. 21 May 2020

   Domestic energy prices: consumption level review 2020 methodology note added.

3. 28 September 2017

   Updated along with publication of September QEP

4. 29 June 2017

   Updated methodology note published.

5. 22 December 2016

   New version of methodology guidance published

6. 30 June 2016

   Updated methodology note

7. 24 September 2015

   Updated Domestic Energy Prices methodology note

8. 26 March 2015

   Document updated.

9. 26 September 2013

   Latest methodology published.

10. 17 May 2012

    First published.