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- 16 Jan: ScottishPower announce gas prices to decrease by an average of 5% from 27 February 2012.
- 16 Jan: Eon announce electricity prices to decrease by an average of 6% from 27 February 2012.
- 13 Jan: npower announce gas prices to decrease by an average of 5% from 1 February 2012.
- 12 Jan: Scottish & Southern Energy* announce gas prices to decrease by an average of 4.5% from 26 March 2012.
- 12 Jan: British Gas announce electricity prices to decrease by an average of 5% with immediate effect.
- 11 Jan: EDF Energy announce gas prices to decrease by an average of 5% from 7 February 2012.
- 15 Sep: EDF Energy announce gas prices to increase by an average of 15.4% and electricity prices to increase by an average of 4.5% from 10 November 2011.
- 16 Aug: npower announce gas prices to increase by an average of 15.7% and electricity prices to increase by an average of 7.2% from 1 October 2011.
- 5 Aug: E.ON announce gas prices to increase by an average of 18.1% and electricity prices to increase by an average of 11.4% from 13 September 2011.
- 21 Jul: Scottish & Southern Energy* announce gas prices to increase by an average of 18% and electricity prices to increase by an average of 11% from 14 September 2011.
- 8 Jul: British Gas announce gas prices to increase by an average of 18% and electricity prices to increase by an average of 16% from 18 August 2011.
- 7 Jun: ScottishPower announce gas prices to increase by an average of 19% and electricity prices to increase by an average of 10% from 1 August 2011.
- 21 Mar: Ofgem propose a radical overhaul of the energy market.
- 3 Feb: EDF Energy announce gas prices to increase by an average of 6.5% and electricity prices to increase by an average of 7.5% from 2 March 2011.
- 17 Jan: Ofgem’s new typical consumption values come into effect.
- 11 Jan: E.ON announce gas prices to increase by an average of 3% and electricity prices to increase by an average of 9% from 4 Feb 2011.
- 10 Dec: npower announce gas and electricity prices to increase by an average of 5% from 4 Jan 2011.
- 4 Dec: Consumer Focus have written to Ofgem to request they open an investigation into the way energy suppliers market and sell tariffs.
- 26 Nov: Ofgem announce they are to review the effectiveness of the retail energy market to see if action is required to protect consumers. This is after an increase in retail margins from recent price rises.
- 19 Nov: ScottishPower announce gas prices to increase by an average of 2% and electricity prices to increase by an average of 8.9% from 25 Nov 2010.
- 12 Nov: British Gas announce gas and electricity prices to increase by an average of 7% from 10 Dec 2010.
- 9 Nov: EDF Energy announce standard prices will remain at their current levels until at least March 2010.
- 26 Oct: Scottish & Southern Energy* announce gas prices to increase by an average of 9.4% from 1 Dec 2010.
*Scottish & Southern Energy is formed of: Southern Electric (Southern England), SSE (Rest of England), Scottish Hydro (Scotland), Swalec (Wales) and Atlantic (available in England, Scotland & Wales)
In this section you also find all our information about energy pricing, including:
- Access to our price comparison tool, which enables you to compare gas and electricity prices for suppliers in your region
- Access to our price comparison factsheets, which gives all of the energy prices, in an easy to print format
- Details of the electricity and gas price changes taken by the major suppliers since 2008
- You can also download an excel file (pdf) with current standard tariff prices for each of the major suppliers
- Details of energy product launches and withdrawals since July 2010
- Details of the Consumer Focus Confidence Code (a group of online accredited energy price comparison websites)
- Graphs showing the retail vs. wholesale trend since 2007.
