ABOUT UTILITYPRICES
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UtilityPrices explains what electricity, gas and water cost in the UK, and why, using dated official sources.
We publish regional energy price-cap benchmarks, business energy averages and water bill figures alongside free calculators, a live view of the electricity grid and plain-English guides. Every figure shows its period, source and tax basis.
We aim to make the date, meaning and limitations of every number visible. A historical market average, a regulated benchmark and a quote for your own property answer different questions.
Who runs UtilityPrices
UtilityPrices is run by Etainabl Limited, registered in England and Wales (company number 12970932), registered office 90 Bartholomew Street, Newbury, RG14 5EE. For questions or corrections, contact Etainabl.
Who it’s for
- Households checking what a unit rate, standing charge or water bill should look like, and what a change in price could mean.
- Businesses wanting a dated benchmark for gas and electricity before talking to a supplier or broker.
- Property and energy managers who need context for the bills across their buildings.
What data we use
Household energy figures come from Ofgem’s regional price-cap tables. Business energy averages come from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). Water figures come from Water UK, Scottish Water and NI Water. The live grid uses the Carbon Intensity API, EirGrid, MET Norway and National Gas. Each figure keeps its source, reporting period and VAT basis, and we update the files when a new official release is published.
Read our sources and methodology →
Our price-cap and business price figures are also published as open data: a free JSON API, CSV downloads and embeddable widgets, licensed CC BY 4.0 with a credit to UtilityPrices.
How we’re funded
UtilityPrices is run and funded by Etainabl. The site helps people find Etainabl’s services when they need more than a benchmark:
- Etainabl : A platform that brings utility bills, meter readings and building data together for property portfolios.
Links to Etainabl are marked as commercial wherever they appear. Our benchmark figures come from the official sources listed above, not from Etainabl, and a link to Etainabl is never presented as a price or a recommendation for your particular property.
Editorial & AI policy
Our news articles are drafted with AI from official sources, then checked before publication:
- Official evidence only. The writer is given dated snapshots from connected official data and announcements, plus a short fixed list of official pages (such as Ofgem’s price-cap page) read at the time of writing — not open-web research. Articles without adequate evidence are held rather than written.
- Every paragraph cites its sources, shown with links at the end of the article.
- Automated checks. A separate AI check compares every number, date, period, tax treatment, location and claimed cause against the sources. A newly drafted article with a material error gets up to two rounds of correction and a fresh check; anything still wrong is held for attention, never published. Style suggestions alone do not stop publication. Evidence is checked again before a scheduled article is published. Automated checking is not infallible.
- Human approval can be required for any article; those articles stay private until a reviewer approves the exact text.
- Clear labelling. AI-drafted articles are labelled “Written with AI assistance”, and human edits are noted. Our evergreen guides are labelled too.
- Pen-name bylines. Articles carry a friendly byline, such as Molly Ashworth, Owen Fairley, Isla Brookes or Sam Thornbury, so you can follow a subject. These are UtilityPrices house pen names for our AI-assisted editorial desk, not real people: they have no credentials or personal experience, and a byline does not mean a person wrote or reviewed the article.
- Corrections. When we find or are told about an error, we correct the article and keep a revision history of every change. Government announcements are attributed to their source and are not treated as proof that a saving has reached your bill.
Limitations
Benchmarks are not quotes. The price cap limits unit rates and standing charges on default tariffs, not your total bill. Business averages describe prices paid on existing contracts across the UK, not offers available today. Water averages describe companies or areas, not your property. Our calculators use the numbers you enter and explain their formulas, and the live grid map is an illustration of published data rather than an operational system. When a source is unavailable or out of date, we say so instead of filling the gap.