{
  "query": {
    "country": "GB",
    "sector": "business",
    "energy": "electricity",
    "consumption_band": "Small/Medium",
    "taxes": "excl_vat"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "GBP",
    "unit": "per kWh",
    "value": 0.276666,
    "measure": "average",
    "median": null,
    "typical_low": null,
    "typical_high": null,
    "min": null,
    "max": null
  },
  "sample_size": null,
  "period": {
    "from": "2026-04-01",
    "to": "2026-06-30"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "official_statistic",
  "statistic": {
    "measure": "average",
    "reference_period": "2026-Q2",
    "note": "DESNZ treats the newest quarter as provisional: it may be revised in the next release."
  },
  "as_of": "2026-10-23T08:58:21.903Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "gb-desnz-energy-business",
    "name": "Prices of fuels purchased by non-domestic consumers in the United Kingdom (Quarterly Energy Prices tables 3.4.1 and 3.4.2)",
    "publisher": "Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)",
    "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0 (GOV.UK: \"All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated\"); Crown copyright",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Quarterly Energy Prices tables 3.4.1 and 3.4.2, Gas and electricity prices in the non-domestic sector. Prices are passed on as published (in pence per kWh); the pounds-per-kWh figure and the changes between quarters are calculated by ProofPrice.",
    "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/gas-and-electricity-prices-in-the-non-domestic-sector"
  },
  "method": "DESNZ publishes every quarter the average price in pence per kWh that non-domestic consumers in the United Kingdom paid for electricity, by size band of annual consumption (Quarterly Energy Prices tables 3.4.1 excluding and 3.4.2 including the Climate Change Levy; total value divided by total quantity bought, from a survey of energy suppliers). ProofPrice returns the published figure for the newest quarter, converted from pence to pounds per kWh, with the other size bands, the previous quarter, the same quarter a year earlier and the latest calendar-year average. No range is calculated: DESNZ gives one average and does not say how many consumers or contracts are behind it.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "In the United Kingdom the official average price paid by businesses (non-domestic consumers) for electricity in size band Small/Medium (Eurostat band IC), 500 to 1,999 MWh a year, was 27.67 pence per kWh (£0.2767) in the second quarter of 2026, excluding VAT, including the Climate Change Levy. That is 1.5% lower than in the first quarter of 2026. Against the same quarter a year earlier it is unchanged. Official average published by Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) for 2026-Q2.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "sector": "business",
    "energy": "electricity",
    "country_name": "United Kingdom",
    "consumption_band": {
      "name": "Small/Medium",
      "eu_equivalent_band": "IC",
      "annual_consumption": "500 to 1,999 MWh a year"
    },
    "taxes": {
      "level": "excl_vat",
      "basis": "excluding VAT, including the Climate Change Levy (table 3.4.2)"
    },
    "reference_period_label": "the second quarter of 2026",
    "pence_per_kwh": 27.667,
    "previous_quarter": {
      "reference_period": "2026-Q1",
      "pence_per_kwh": 28.083,
      "change_percent": -1.5
    },
    "same_quarter_a_year_earlier": {
      "reference_period": "2025-Q2",
      "pence_per_kwh": 27.667,
      "change_percent": 0
    },
    "latest_calendar_year": {
      "year": "2025",
      "pence_per_kwh": 28.246
    },
    "all_bands_pence_per_kwh": [
      {
        "band": "Very Small",
        "eu_equivalent_band": "IA",
        "pence_per_kwh": 38.36
      },
      {
        "band": "Small",
        "eu_equivalent_band": "IB",
        "pence_per_kwh": 28.589
      },
      {
        "band": "Small/Medium",
        "eu_equivalent_band": "IC",
        "pence_per_kwh": 27.667
      },
      {
        "band": "Medium",
        "eu_equivalent_band": "ID",
        "pence_per_kwh": 25.165
      },
      {
        "band": "Large",
        "eu_equivalent_band": "IE",
        "pence_per_kwh": 24.42
      },
      {
        "band": "Very Large",
        "eu_equivalent_band": "IF",
        "pence_per_kwh": 22.699
      },
      {
        "band": "Extra Large",
        "eu_equivalent_band": "IG",
        "pence_per_kwh": 22.249
      },
      {
        "band": "Average",
        "eu_equivalent_band": null,
        "pence_per_kwh": 24.509
      }
    ],
    "dataset": {
      "name": "Quarterly Energy Prices tables 3.4.1 and 3.4.2 (table_341.xlsx)",
      "page": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/gas-and-electricity-prices-in-the-non-domestic-sector",
      "newest_quarter_in_table": "2026-Q2"
    }
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_8675bbb9cf16cde24d62",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-23T08:58:21.903Z",
  "evidence": {
    "type": "official_statistic",
    "label": "Official published average",
    "meaning": "One average or median that a statistics office or regulator publishes for a reference period: it describes a group, not a distribution, and says nothing about any single price."
  },
  "reliability": "official_median_no_count",
  "data_as_of": "2026-06-30",
  "data_age_days": 115,
  "suggestions": [
    "This is one published figure (an average, median, index or listed price) with no record count: use it as a reference point, not as a range of what individuals paid.",
    "For a decision on a specific job or purchase, ask for an itemised quote."
  ]
}