GB wholesale electricity and gas prices

GB wholesale electricity and gas pricesDaily GB wholesale day-ahead electricity and gas prices in £/MWh, nominal and adjusted to today's prices with ONS CPI. Refreshed each weekday morning.Researched, built and maintained by Ben James, an independent energy analyst. Cite as: Ben James, GB Electricity Bills, https://www.electricitybills.uk.Snapshot taken 2026-09-21. These figures are fixed at build time and are not updated between deploys. For current prices see /data/wholesale-prices.html (CSV), which is rendered on each request.Period averages Average day-ahead prices over each period, £/MWh. "Real" is adjusted to today's prices using ONS CPI.

Period

Covers

Electricity nominal

Electricity real

Gas nominal

Gas real

5 years

rolling five years to today

115.96

130.08

43.08

48.16

Non-crisis

before 24 Feb 2022

61.43

81.27

21.63

28.17

Ukraine crisis

1 Mar 2022 to 31 Dec 2023

147.32

168.95

51.67

59.23

Since Iran

from 28 Feb 2026

103.13

103.91

45.20

45.52

Daily prices, 90 days to 2026-09-18 Daily GB wholesale prices, £/MWh, newest first. Nominal (cash) prices unless the column says "real". Blank cells mean no published price for that source and day.

Date

Electricity IMRP

Electricity IMRP real

Gas ONS SAP

Gas EEX

2026-09-18

67.43

2026-09-17

65.05

2026-09-16

65.08

2026-09-15

67.85

2026-09-14

70.68

2026-09-13

69.58

2026-09-12

67.98

2026-09-11

68.29

67.89

2026-09-10

69.15

69.94

2026-09-09

66.83

67.58

2026-09-08

64.00

64.48

2026-09-07

62.79

61.82

2026-09-06

96.37

63.57

2026-09-05

73.74

63.93

2026-09-04

92.13

60.72

60.49

2026-09-03

115.75

60.14

60.05

2026-09-02

153.58

61.81

61.48

2026-09-01

131.02

60.27

60.35

2026-08-31

97.15

57.04

2026-08-30

131.33

55.47

2026-08-29

131.76

55.21

2026-08-28

136.88

55.19

55.25

2026-08-27

141.98

56.09

56.72

2026-08-26

142.71

54.50

54.68

2026-08-25

131.01

54.94

54.63

2026-08-24

142.09

55.95

56.79

2026-08-23

135.91

55.38

2026-08-22

122.20

55.53

2026-08-21

143.31

55.27

55.39

2026-08-20

141.11

54.48

54.99

2026-08-19

143.73

53.78

53.38

2026-08-18

139.67

53.59

53.61

2026-08-17

152.56

52.79

52.03

2026-08-16

138.83

53.16

2026-08-15

124.50

52.06

2026-08-14

145.25

50.76

50.82

2026-08-13

150.16

50.13

51.04

2026-08-12

133.38

50.28

50.67

2026-08-11

125.05

50.21

49.43

2026-08-10

124.44

47.92

50.85

2026-08-09

92.92

45.49

2026-08-08

90.60

45.21

2026-08-07

112.87

46.34

46.41

2026-08-06

109.92

46.51

46.75

2026-08-05

87.98

45.07

43.89

2026-08-04

130.06

47.16

46.05

2026-08-03

128.96

47.45

48.07

2026-08-02

128.77

47.18

2026-08-01

109.48

49.12

2026-07-31

131.93

132.58

48.66

48.40

2026-07-30

126.72

127.34

48.70

48.16

2026-07-29

128.40

129.03

48.96

49.96

2026-07-28

120.75

121.34

46.80

46.43

2026-07-27

121.61

122.21

48.29

47.59

2026-07-26

83.15

83.56

48.81

2026-07-25

77.71

78.09

52.53

2026-07-24

128.44

129.07

51.95

51.83

2026-07-23

135.07

135.73

51.15

50.60

2026-07-22

126.72

127.35

50.97

51.33

2026-07-21

126.25

126.87

48.78

48.88

2026-07-20

129.46

130.10

48.07

47.97

2026-07-19

87.79

88.22

48.71

2026-07-18

96.75

97.22

48.34

2026-07-17

122.29

122.89

47.08

47.28

2026-07-16

134.08

134.73

45.32

44.95

2026-07-15

123.60

124.21

44.88

45.02

2026-07-14

114.84

115.40

44.12

43.92

2026-07-13

106.14

106.66

41.36

42.36

2026-07-12

70.23

70.57

40.15

2026-07-11

107.95

108.48

39.36

2026-07-10

117.60

118.18

40.20

39.89

2026-07-09

121.63

122.23

41.27

41.41

2026-07-08

108.92

109.45

39.93

39.84

2026-07-07

99.68

100.17

38.02

37.87

2026-07-06

86.63

87.05

36.03

35.68

2026-07-05

82.38

82.79

36.45

2026-07-04

51.50

51.75

36.50

2026-07-03

95.18

95.64

36.47

36.53

2026-07-02

51.08

51.33

36.07

35.91

2026-07-01

103.70

104.21

35.20

34.63

2026-06-30

121.82

122.76

35.83

35.93

2026-06-29

111.22

112.08

35.04

35.20

2026-06-28

69.50

70.04

34.60

2026-06-27

81.47

82.10

34.94

2026-06-26

113.93

114.81

33.79

33.47

2026-06-25

113.54

114.42

33.31

33.42

2026-06-24

161.65

162.90

34.29

33.63

2026-06-23

127.39

128.37

34.75

34.60

2026-06-22

111.39

112.25

35.56

34.68

2026-06-21

102.86

103.65

36.09

Every dataset, without JavaScript

/llms.txt — summary of the site, its datasets, key figures and definitions.

/data/ — index of all tables and CSV downloads.

Bill breakdown by component (CSV) — annual cost of every component of a GB household electricity bill since financial year 2015-16.

Wholesale electricity and gas prices (CSV) — daily GB day-ahead power and gas prices in £/MWh, nominal and CPI-adjusted, updated each weekday.

2030 bill forecast (CSV) — component-by-component projection to 2030.

Pages on this site

Bill breakdown — a household bill split by component, by financial year.

Wholesale monitor — daily and half-hourly GB wholesale electricity prices, gas prices, intraday price shape and the gas–electricity linkage.

2030 forecast — where each component of the bill is heading.

How the energy price cap works — Ofgem's wholesale allowance methodology: observation windows, the 3-1.5-12 hedging approach, shaping and backwardation.

AR7 cheat sheet — how Contracts for Difference work and what Allocation Round 7 means for bills.