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: 31 March 2026
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  1. 31 March 2026

     Published the latest domestic energy prices: data sources and methodology.

  2. 27 March 2025

     Added Domestic energy prices: consumption level review 2025 – methodology.

  3. 19 December 2024

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

  4. 21 May 2020

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

  5. 28 September 2017

     Updated along with publication of September QEP

  6. 29 June 2017

     Updated methodology note published.

  7. 22 December 2016

     New version of methodology guidance published

  8. 30 June 2016

     Updated methodology note

  9. 24 September 2015

     Updated Domestic Energy Prices methodology note

  10. 26 March 2015

      Document updated.

  11. 26 September 2013

      Latest methodology published.

  12. 17 May 2012

      First published.

Documents

Domestic energy prices: data sources and methodology

PDF, 1.05 MB, 22 pages

Domestic energy prices: consumption level review 2025 – methodology

PDF, 244 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.