In Great Britain, electricity prices based on day-ahead baseload contracts reached their peak in September 2018. That month, the average prices amounted to 67.69 British pounds per megawatt hour. By January 2020, the monthly average price had decreased again, reaching 35.93 British pounds per megawatt hour.
Monthly average electricity prices based on day-ahead baseload contracts in Great Britain from 2015 to 2020 (in GBP per megawatt hour)
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Ofgem. (May 1, 2020). Monthly average electricity prices based on day-ahead baseload contracts in Great Britain from 2015 to 2020 (in GBP per megawatt hour) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 27, 2021, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/589765/average-electricity-prices-uk/
Ofgem. "Monthly average electricity prices based on day-ahead baseload contracts in Great Britain from 2015 to 2020 (in GBP per megawatt hour)." Chart. May 1, 2020. Statista. Accessed February 27, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/589765/average-electricity-prices-uk/
Ofgem. (2020). Monthly average electricity prices based on day-ahead baseload contracts in Great Britain from 2015 to 2020 (in GBP per megawatt hour). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 27, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/589765/average-electricity-prices-uk/
Ofgem. "Monthly Average Electricity Prices Based on Day-ahead Baseload Contracts in Great Britain from 2015 to 2020 (in Gbp per Megawatt Hour)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/589765/average-electricity-prices-uk/
Ofgem, Monthly average electricity prices based on day-ahead baseload contracts in Great Britain from 2015 to 2020 (in GBP per megawatt hour) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/589765/average-electricity-prices-uk/ (last visited February 27, 2021)