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Mr. Stewart
On the assumption that an average household consumes 3,300 KWh of electricity each year, the information requested is as follows:
| (a) Price of electricity to domestic consumers (p/KWh)1 2 |
| Company |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
| ScottishPower |
7.17 |
7.81 |
8.09 |
8 30 |
| Scottish Hydro-Electric |
7.18 |
7.82 |
8.27 |
8.37 |
| (b) Percentage change from the previous year's average2 annual household electricity bills in current price terms |
| Company |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
| ScottishPower |
+8.5 |
+8.9 |
+3.7 |
+2.6 |
| Scottish Hydro-Electric |
+8.8 |
+8.9 |
+5.8 |
+1.2 |
Percentage change from the previous year's average' annual household electricity bills in current price terms3.
| Company |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
| ScottishPower |
+2.16 |
+2.11 |
-0.83 |
-0.83 |
| Scottish Hydro-Electric |
+2.16 |
+2.11 |
+1.65 |
-2.44 |
| (c) Average annual household's electricity bill in current price terms |
| (£ per year) |
| Company |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
| ScottishPower |
237 |
258 |
267 |
274 |
| Scottish Hydro-Electric |
237 |
258 |
273 |
276 |
Average annual household's electricity bill in real (1990) price terms.
| (£ per year)3 |
| Company |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
| ScottishPower |
237 |
242 |
240 |
238 |
| Scottish Hydro-Electric |
237 |
242 |
246 |
240 |
| Notes |
| 1 These are current prices based on standard domestic tariffs; standing charges have been taken into account. |
| 2 No account has been taken of any rebates paid by electricity companies in recent years nor of discounts for direct debit payments. |
| 3 Real prices are the cash figures adjusted to 1990 price levels by excluding the effect of general inflation as measured by the GDP (market prices) deflator. |