We collect information about the payments made under the Energy Bills Discount Scheme (EBDS) in Great Britain (GB) and Northern Ireland (NI). Electricity and gas suppliers provide data on the discounts they have given to eligible non-domestic customers from 1 April 2023.

The EBDS began on 1 April 2023, succeeding the Energy Bill Relief Scheme (EBRS), which ended in March 2023. See the data relating to the Energy Bill Relief Scheme: payments made under the scheme.

The spreadsheet shows:

• the total amount of money paid to electricity and gas suppliers for discounts provided to non-domestic customers under EBDS
• the net increase in each claim window
• the corresponding volumes of discounted electricity and gas consumption
• the number of contracts supported in each claim window

The data are presented by:

• scheme – Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• fuel type – electricity and gas
• scheme discount – baseline, energy and trade intensive industries (ETIIs) and heat networks

These data do not constitute an Official or National Statistics release.

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) collects information about the payments made under the Energy Bills Support Scheme and Alternative Fuel Payment in Northern Ireland (EBSS AFP NI). Electricity suppliers were asked to provide data on their payments to eligible customers.

This spreadsheet shows the total amount of money that each electricity supplier in Northern Ireland:

• was allocated from central government
• distributed to customers

The data are presented by:

• electricity supplier
• electricity meter type

These data are being released as management information and do not constitute an Official or National Statistics release.

Average annual domestic electricity bills for UK countries (QEP 2.2.2)

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 146KB

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Special feature article from the March 2015 edition of Energy trends statistical publication.

Energy production, trade and consumption statistics are provided in total and by fuel and provide an analysis of the latest 3 months data compared to the same period a year earlier. Energy price statistics cover domestic price indices, prices of road fuels and petroleum products and comparisons of international road fuel prices.

Energy production, trade and consumption

Highlights for the 3 month period December 2022 to February 2023, compared to the same period a year earlier include:

• Primary energy consumption in the UK on a fuel input basis fell by 5.7%, with higher energy prices a key factor in reduced consumption levels. On a temperature adjusted basis consumption fell by 6.9%. (table ET 1.2)
• Indigenous energy production fell by 5.8%, due to falls in oil production and nuclear output due to outages. (table ET 1.1)
• Russian imports have ceased. The UK has not imported any Russian gas since March 2022, and there have been no Russian oil imports since December 2022. (table ET 4.4) and (table ET 3.14)
• Gas exports up 84%; the UK has been playing a key role in supplying gas to Europe as it looks to move away from Russian gas. (table ET 4.3)
• Electricity generation by Major Power Producers down 5.8%, with coal down 25%, gas down 5.1%, nuclear down 13% with output in February 2023 at a record low monthly level, and renewables down 2.4% due to less favourable weather conditions for wind generation.* (table ET 5.4)
• Renewables provided a record high 44.4% of electricity generation by Major Power Producers, with gas at 37.0%, nuclear at 15.2% and coal at 2.5%.* (table ET 5.4)
• Low carbon share of electricity generation by Major Power Producers up 0.4 percentage points at 59.6%, whilst fossil fuel share down 0.4 percentage points at 39.8%.* (table ET 5.4)

*Major Power Producers (MPPs) data published monthly, all generating companies data published quarterly.

Energy prices

Highlights for April 2023 compared to March 2023:

• Petrol down 0.7 pence per litre and diesel down 4.7 pence per litre. (table QEP 4.1.1)

Contacts

Lead statistician Warren Evans, Tel 0750 091 0468

Press enquiries, Tel 020 7215 1000

Data periods and coverage

Statistics on monthly production, trade and consumption of coal, electricity, gas, oil and total energy include data for the UK for the period up to the end of February 2023.

Statistics on average temperatures, heating degree days, wind speeds, sun hours and rainfall include data for the UK for the period up to the end of March 2023.

Statistics on energy prices include retail price data for the UK for March 2023, and petrol & diesel data for April 2023, with EU comparative data for March 2023.

Next release

The next release of provisional monthly energy statistics will take place on Thursday 25 May 2023.

Data tables

To access the data tables associated with this release please click on the relevant subject link(s) below. For further information please use the contact details provided.

Please note that the links below will always direct you to the latest data tables. If you are interested in historical data tables please contact DESNZ (kevin.harris@beis.gov.uk)

These tables provide the discount rates available for business and other non-domestic energy users who are on both fixed and default/variable contracts with their energy supplier. They also set out the discount rates available for those eligible to receive the “lower consumption customer” support through the EBRS non-standard cases provision.

The data contained within the tables reflects market developments between October 2022 and March 2023.

You can:

• find out more about the Energy Bill Relief Scheme
• read about the EBRS non-standard cases

Quarterly statistical publication containing tables, charts and commentary covering energy prices to domestic and industrial consumers for all the major fuels, as well as presenting comparisons of fuel prices in the EU and G7 countries.

Annexes A to D are now included in the main publication.

We no longer publish a separate copy of the combined tables: we have included links to the QEP tables from the main document.

Official statistics are produced impartially and free from political influence.