<p>The winter 2013 round of price rises so far announced will affect consumers on variable tariffs. DECC estimates that one in six standard electricity consumers and one in five gas consumers were on fixed or capped tariffs in quarter two of 2013.</p><p>According to Ofgem, four of the Big 6 suppliers who have increased prices (SSE, Scottish Power, Npower and British Gas) accounted for 70% of electricity customers and 77% of gas customers in June 2012.</p><p>The following table shows the total number of domestic electricity meters for the areas of interest in 2011. The UK total figure is an estimate. It is published as part of DECC sub-national statistics:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sub-national-electricity-consumption-data</p><p><table><thead><tr><td valign="top" /><td valign="top">Numberof domestic electricity meters(thousand)<br /></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">RibbleValley<br /></td><td valign="top">24<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Lancashire<br /></td><td valign="top">644<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">UK<br /></td><td valign="top">28,056<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p>