§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for Energy what information he has as to the effect of a 1 per cent. increase in the price of coal on (a) the cost of electricity, (b) the price of domestic electricity and (c) the price of industrial electricity.
§ Mr. MellorAt current conditions, each 1 per cent. increase in the price of coal to the electricity supply industry would increase the cost of supplying the average industrial consumer by about 0.45 per cent., the average domestic consumer by about 0.35 per cent. and the average overall cost of electricity by something under 0.4 per cent. It should be noted that the effect on prices as opposed to costs depends on the particular tariff, since the domestic-quarterly-tariffs, unlike the industrial-monthly-tariffs, contain no fuel cost adjustment and do not reflect changes in fuel prices as soon as they occur.
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