Business energy
How to use a benchmark without mistaking it for a quote.
Published business averages describe prices paid across existing contracts, not the offer available to your site today.
A published business energy average is a useful reference point, but its definition matters. The DESNZ series shown on UtilityPrices describes consumption-weighted prices paid by non-domestic customers during a past quarter.
These fully delivered averages include the elements of the energy bill within an effective price per kWh. Our cards use the figures including Climate Change Levy and excluding VAT. Do not add a standing charge to this historical benchmark: that would count some costs twice.
Select the published consumption band that best matches your business before comparing. The data groups businesses across the UK; it is not a regional quote for your premises. Contract timing, usage profile and site circumstances can make your own price different.
To compare actual offers, use the same expected usage, contract dates and tax basis. Check standing charges and other contractual charges as well as unit rates. Enter the components of a genuine tariff into the annual bill calculator rather than treating the DESNZ average as an offered tariff.
Fidelity Energy is a commercial route for visitors seeking business energy support. UtilityPrices makes that relationship visible; it does not change the basis or dates of the published government figures.
Sources
Prepared with AI assistance for UtilityPrices. Published 10 October 2026. Sources and editorial methodology are available below.