The household customers price index for new electricity customers for August has increased by 0.5 points to 111.2 points. By contrast, the index for existing customers is 0.7 points down at 113.9 points.

The household customers price indices for new and existing gas customers have fallen. The index for new customers is 167.7 points, 1.2 points down on the previous month’s figure, while the index for existing customers is 1.1 points down at 171 points.

The modelled industrial electricity prices rose slightly in July. The price for customers without reductions was 16.79 ct/kWh, up 0.65 ct/kWh on the previous month. The price for customers with the maximum price reductions was 10.49 ct/kWh, also up 0.65 ct/kWh on the month before.

The price indices are updated each month and published on the Energy data compact pages.