Policy, networks & levies · Est. 2014
UK Business Energy Industry Updates
The costs that move your bill without the market moving at all.
A large part of a business energy bill isn't energy at all. Network charges, government levies, taxes and Ofgem decisions all land on the same invoice, on their own timetables, and none of them show up in a wholesale price. We track them and translate each change into what it does to your rate.
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Out-of-Contract Rates
The published schedules, and what each one means in practice — for businesses that have rolled onto deemed or standard variable rates, or are about to.
Yu Energy's Deemed Plan electricity, gas and water rates — the charges that apply with no agreed contract. Check yours and see what fixing could save.
Utilita's business out-of-contract & deemed electricity and gas rates, by supply area. Check yours and see what you could save by fixing.
Yorkshire Gas & Power out-of-contract rates from 1 May 2026: 15.00p gas. See what yours costs a month and how fast you can switch.
ScottishPower Business's published out-of-contract and deemed rates for all 14 supply areas. Pick your area to see the rates that apply to you.
Smartest Energy out-of-contract rates from 1 April 2026: 8.04p gas. See what yours costs a month and how fast you can switch.
Pozitive Energy out-of-contract rates: 45.00p electricity, 15.00p gas. Work out what yours costs a month, and how quickly you can switch away.
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Latest Updates
Every report from the desk — market moves, supplier news and industry analysis, freshest at the top.
Get the latest UK gas and electricity wholesale prices. Updated daily with power market insights, price trends, and tips to help your business stay ahead.
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Why managing agents should review kVA, metering and network charges during a Change of Tenancy, with a live case showing £5,309 potential annual savings.
Yu Energy's Deemed Plan electricity, gas and water rates — the charges that apply with no agreed contract. Check yours and see what fixing could save.
August 2026: gas up 18%, power up 12%. Cheaper window closed as Hormuz tensions and low storage pushed prices to records.
Gas and power both climbed hard this week; near-term prices now at multi-year highs. What it means for your renewal.
Every Monday
Weekly Market Reports
What moved this week, why it moved, and what it means for business renewals.
Get the latest UK gas and electricity wholesale prices. Updated daily with power market insights, price trends, and tips to help your business stay ahead.
Gas and power rose 6–9% this week on US–Iran tensions and tight storage. Near-term contracts now near their highest in months.
Gas and power both climbed hard this week; near-term prices now at multi-year highs. What it means for your renewal.
Gas and power both hit record highs this week. All contracts climbed; near-term prices are at their dearest. Renewing soon? The case for fixing now is stronger.
Gas up 8.4%, power up 7.8% this week. Middle East tensions and tight European storage push prices higher.
Gas and power eased 3–5% this week as geopolitical risk faded, but remain near month highs. European storage tight; heatwave persists.
Monthly
Monthly Market Outlook
The longer view — gas, power, storage, weather and the forward market direction.
Get the latest UK gas and electricity wholesale prices. Updated daily with power market insights, price trends, and tips to help your business stay ahead.
August 2026: gas up 18%, power up 12%. Cheaper window closed as Hormuz tensions and low storage pushed prices to records.
July 2026 energy market review: gas and power climbed 35% and 25% on Middle East tensions, LNG tightness and low European storage.
June 2026: gas fell 9.5% to 102.61p but bounced 2.7% as geopolitical risks resurged. Power down 2.3%. Forward curve expects easing into 2027–28.
Day 54. Ceasefire extension holding but settlement climbed a third day — gas +4%, power +1%. UK nuclear delays, weak wind, vessel seizures support prices.
March 2026 monthly review. Gas rose 79% as the Iran conflict closed Hormuz and damaged Qatar's LNG facilities. What happened, week by week, and what it means for you
Supplier notices
Supplier Updates
Contract rules, billing changes and notices from UK business energy suppliers.
Day 54. Ceasefire extension holding but settlement climbed a third day — gas +4%, power +1%. UK nuclear delays, weak wind, vessel seizures support prices.
An EDF client faced an £84,963 bill based on years of estimated reads. We disputed it, invoked Ofgem's backbilling rules, and got it down to £2,158.
Tomato Energy customers transferred to British Gas on expensive deemed rates. Learn why you're overpaying and how to switch to better fixed contracts today.
Tomato Energy has ceased trading. Discover why it failed, what it means for customers, and critical lessons about choosing stable energy suppliers.
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Industry & policy
Industry Insights
Policy, network costs, levies and regulation shaping business energy bills.
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Day 54. Ceasefire extension holding but settlement climbed a third day — gas +4%, power +1%. UK nuclear delays, weak wind, vessel seizures support prices.
An EDF client faced an £84,963 bill based on years of estimated reads. We disputed it, invoked Ofgem's backbilling rules, and got it down to £2,158.
Up to 92% off your Climate Change Levy with a CCA. New rates from April 2026. PP10 and PP11 forms must be submitted by 17 April. Here's how to claim.
Autumn Budget 2025 explained for businesses. Household levies cut, wholesale prices down 20%, but Nuclear RAB Levy and TNUoS increases still coming.
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Common questions
About industry changes.
Anything that changes what you pay without the wholesale market moving: Ofgem decisions, network
charge reviews, new or revised levies, tax changes, and the consultations that lead to them. If
it lands on a business energy bill and isn't the price of energy itself, it belongs here.
They're the charges for using the electricity network. TNUoS
covers the high-voltage
transmission system — the pylons moving power across the country. DUoS
covers the local
distribution network that takes it the last stretch to your building. Both are set through a
regulated process rather than by your supplier, and both vary by region
: the same business
in two different parts of the country pays differently for the identical supply.
This is the question worth asking, and the answer is: it depends what "fixed" means in your
contract.
Some fix the whole rate, so a levy increase is the supplier's problem. Many fix only
the energy element and pass network and levy changes straight through
— your "fixed" price
then moves mid-term, entirely legitimately, because the contract always said it could. It's in
the terms rather than the headline rate, which is why so few businesses know which they have.
We check that before you sign, and we'll tell you which one you're on now if you ask.
A tax charged per kWh on business energy, collected by your supplier and shown as its own line on
the bill. The rates are set by government and reviewed periodically. Reliefs exist — some
organisations and some very low-usage supplies pay a reduced rate or none at all — so it's worth
knowing whether you qualify rather than assuming you don't.
A charge that helps fund the construction of new nuclear generation, recovered through electricity
bills rather than through general taxation. It's a policy cost, so it doesn't rise and fall with
the market — it changes when the scheme changes. We cover it here when it does, and we show it as
its own component when we break a rate down rather than burying it in the unit price.
A relief for energy-intensive industries
— qualifying manufacturers get a reduction on
certain policy costs, on the basis that those costs would otherwise make them uncompetitive
against overseas producers. Most businesses don't qualify; those that do pay noticeably less, so
it's worth checking properly rather than ruling yourself out.
On their own cycles rather than a single calendar. Network charges follow a regulated annual
process, tax rates change with fiscal events, and levies change when policy does. That's precisely
why they catch businesses out — there's no one date to watch, so a bill can jump in a month when
nothing happened in the market at all.
It depends on your meter type, your region, your consumption and your sector — which is why a
generic answer is worth very little. Send us a recent bill and we'll break the rate down into its
parts and tell you which of these you're actually paying, and which you're not. Get a quote
and the breakdown comes with it.
Ready when you are
Your bill has more moving parts than the market. Know all of them.
Send us a recent bill and we'll break the rate into its parts — energy, network, levies and tax — so you can see exactly what you're paying for. Free, no obligation, no hard sell.
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