WHAT FACTORS MAKE UP YOUR ELECTRICITY COSTS?
A variety of factors make up UK business power prices. Here are some of them:
Wholesale Power
BSUoS
Feed-in-Tariffs
GB average DUoS
HDCA
Climate Change Levy
GB average TNUoS
Renewables Obligation
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At a Glance:
What Factors
Make Up Your
Electricity Price?
he whole country’s talking about rising energy
prices, but what is actually included in the total at
the bottom of your business’ electricity bill? The price
of commercial electricity is made up of a lot more
than the wholesale cost - in fact, wholesale energy
prices only make up 50-66% of your total electricity
bill.
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A large chunk of the total at the bottom of your bill will go towards
distribution use of system (DUoS) charges, which are the fees of
distributing power from the substation to your premises. Transmission
network use of system (TNUoS) charges are also applied, which cover
the fees charged to use the electricity transmission grid. There are also
various environmental charges included in the total cost of business’
electricity including renewables obligation (RO) charges and the Climate
Change Levy.
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See what other levies and charges lie hidden within your electricity bills
and how they have changed over time in our infographic.
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2012-13
www.energ.co.uk/procurement
Charging Year
2013-14
View the infographic now
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