§ 17. Mr. John H. Osbornasked the Secretary of State for Energy, from information available to him, if he will publish in the Official Report the average price of electricity to the domestic user and the industrial user compared with the
Year Area Boards Central Electricity Generating Board Average Revenue Price Total Costs per unit sold Works Costs Domestic p/kWh Industrial p/kWh All Stations p/kWh Coal, Gas and Oil Stations p/kWh Nuclear Stations p/kWh (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 1968–69 0.892 0.645 0.536 0.3062 0.1172 1969–70 0.871 0.646 0.531 0.3136 0.1181 1970–71 0.860 0.670 0.596 0.3628 0.1381 1971–72 0.940 0.740 0.642 0.4063 0.1625 1972–73 0.971 0.740 0.648 0.4134 0.1765 1973–74 0.997 0.792 0.756 0.4829 0.2473 1974–75 1.288 1.109 1.034 0.7583 0.2645 1975–76 1.909 1.431 1.289 0.9504 0.4123 1976–77 2.318 1.649 1.447 1.0845 0.6233 1977–78 2.635 1.866 1.681 1.2631 0.6432 Notes:
Columns 1 and 2—Source: Electricity Council handbook of electricity supply statistics 1978.
Column 3—Source: Central Electricity Generating Board annual reports. Figures of total costs, include fuel and purchases and interchanges of electricity supplies, salaries and related costs, other materials and service, rents, rates and insurances, depreciation and interest.
Columns 4 and 5—Source: Electricity Council handbook of electricity supply statistics 1978. Figures of works cost include, fuel (including transport), fuel handling, operation, repairs and maintenance.
Information on a strictly comparable basis is not available for other EEC countries. The European Statistical Office publishes certain statistics relating to electricity prices in some EEC countries.