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DESNZ · Average annual domestic electricity bills, UK (DESNZ table 2.2.1)

Average annual electricity bill

2025 Final

£1,069a year

Average annual electricity bill was £1,069 in 2025, down 1.3% (£14) from £1,083 in 2024.

▼ 1.3% · −£14 against 2024 (previous period)

  1. DESNZ count
  2. 2025
  3. published 30 June 2026
  4. Table 2.2.1
  5. row “2025”
  6. column “Overall: All Tariffs (pounds)”
  7. cell value 1069.3428586253615

2014 to 2025

Average annual electricity bill: 2014 to 2025CoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour£0£500£1k2014201620182020202220242014: £548 £ a year · published 30 June 20262015: £540 £ a year · published 30 June 20262016: £531 £ a year · published 30 June 20262017: £565 £ a year · published 30 June 20262018: £610 £ a year · published 30 June 20262019: £664 £ a year · published 30 June 20262020: £671 £ a year · published 30 June 20262021: £731 £ a year · published 30 June 20262022: £1,103 £ a year · published 30 June 20262023: £1,213 £ a year · published 30 June 20262024: £1,083 £ a year · published 30 June 20262025: £1,069 £ a year · published 30 June 2026
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What this measures

DESNZ's estimate of the annual bill for a UK household using 2,700 kWh of standard electricity at the average tariff across all payment methods, in cash terms.

What this doesn’t measure

What any household actually paid: consumption is fixed at the standard level, and households using more or less electricity, or on Economy 7, pay different amounts.

Important caveat

These are modelled bills for a fixed amount of energy at the average tariff, not what households actually spent. They include the effect of the Energy Price Guarantee and the Ofgem cap where those applied, but not the Energy Bills Support Scheme payments made in 2022 and 2023. The gas series on this basis starts in 2022; earlier years used a different consumption assumption and are not comparable. Figures are in cash terms.

Revision history

No period of this series has been revised since it was first ingested here. Revisions are recorded automatically when a later release publishes a different figure for the same period.

Source

Publisher
DESNZ
Publication
Average annual domestic electricity bills, UK (DESNZ table 2.2.1)
Release
June 2026, published 30 June 2026
Source file
table_221__1_.xlsx
File SHA-256
818c53fc646ccfb40bbc54d5f22baed07fe17d20ca4b89ae79e821017a6f774b
Retrieved
3 September 2026
Sheet
2.2.1
Table
Table 2.2.1
Row
2025
Column
Overall: All Tariffs (pounds)
Cell value
1069.3428586253615
Geography
United Kingdom
Unit
£ a year
API
/api/metrics/electricity_bill_annual · /series · /vintages

Government periods

Change during each government, from the level inherited to the last complete period before it left office. Describes the period; does not attribute cause.

Labour 2024–£1,2132023£1,0692025↓ 11.9%
Conservative 2019–2024£6102018£1,2132023↑ 99.0%
Conservative 2017–2019£5312016£6102018↑ 14.8%
Conservative 2015–2017£5482014£5312016↓ 3.0%

Full comparison with chart

Release
June 2026 · publication page
Last updated
30 June 2026
Next release expected
Not yet announced (estimated from the usual cadence)