Great Britain: gas bill breakdown 2021

Wholesale costs make up the largest share of gas bills in Great Britain. As of August 2021, wholesale costs accounted for 41.4 percent of total gas retail prices. By comparison, value-added tax made up 4.76 percent of gas bills.

Distribution of natural gas retail costs in Great Britain in 2021, by component

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August 2021

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United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Survey time period

August 2021

Supplementary notes

The source notes that this data is an estimate of the costs in a gas bill of an average domestic customer of the large legacy suppliers.

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