Electricity: Standing Charges
(asked on 17th March 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the average domestic electricity standing charge is; and how this has changed since 2021.
Answered by
Martin McCluskey
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 23rd March 2026
The department publishes statistics on the cost of domestic electricity and gas.
Annual domestic energy bills - GOV.UK
This includes tables (2.2.4 for electricity and 2.3.4 for gas) outlining the average fixed cost (standing charge) in £/year for the United Kingdom and by region, alongside the average unit price in £/kWh.
These are calculated using data supplied directly to the department by a sample of domestic energy suppliers.