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Infographic: What puts up your energy bill?

energy bills

The figures come from the energy regulator, Ofgem's "supply market indicator" for Marc h (shortly after the last major changes in bills). Between March 2011 and March 2012 bills rose by around £150. Around £100 of that was due to the higher wholesale cost of gas - which comes under wholesale cost of power in Ofgem's numbers. As Ofgem explain here the wholesale cost is set by power companies buying and selling fuel and power on the market. The wholesale cost of gas for heating, is quite clearly, set by international gas prices. But the same also applies to electricity. That's because the cost of gas feeds straight into the cost of power generated by gas, which in turn is the main variable in the price paid by utilities for all electricity. Because the price of gas is highly changeable the numbers are updated on a weekly basis - the latest one - doesn't yet include the bill ...

Full article: http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/newsdesk/energy/data/infogra...

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@usea_tweet » 10 Nov '12, 4pm
RT @giobagordo: What's causing energy bills to go up? the @EnergyDeskUK team investigates [link]
@GreenpeaceUK » 10 Nov '12, 4pm
What's really causing energy bills to go up? Our @EnergyDeskUK team investigates (Clue: it's not wind turbines) [link]
@Frankandbrown » 18 Oct '12, 4pm
RT @richardbyatt: @JamesDelingpole @frankandbrown This has already been debunked [link]
@richardbyatt » 18 Oct '12, 4pm
@JamesDelingpole @frankandbrown This has already been debunked [link]
@greenhaze » 18 Oct '12, 2pm
RT @peterspeller: .@benwhitehorne #gas is £695 of the avg energy bill renewables £25, what's pushing up prices again? #greenisworking [link]
@peterspeller » 18 Oct '12, 2pm
.@benwhitehorne #gas is £695 of the avg energy bill renewables £25, what's pushing up prices again? #greenisworking [link]
@damiankahya » 18 Oct '12, 12pm
#greenisworking debate see @energydeskuk's infographics on bills [link] & the future [link]
@CUB_UK » 16 Oct '12, 9am
Here's the infographic on the #gas price affect on #energy bills [link]
@EarthOrgUK » 16 Oct '12, 8am
RT @SofiePelsmakers: Renewable energy requirement is only small proportion of our energy bill....[link] [link]
@SofiePelsmakers » 16 Oct '12, 8am
Renewable energy requirement is only small proportion of our energy bill....[link] [link]
@mike_earthshine » 16 Oct '12, 5am
Infographic: What puts up your energy bill? | Greenpeace UK [link] < Makes it clear...
@HIP_Energy » 15 Oct '12, 4pm
RT @rorybergin: Infographic: What puts up your energy bill? | Greenpeace UK [link]
@TheHouseOfSolar » 15 Oct '12, 3pm
Insightful #infographic showing where your energy bill payments go...time to switch to #renewable? #ThinkSolar [link]
@EnergyDeskUK » 15 Oct '12, 2pm
Small update to our #energybills infographic - now with added efficiency costs. [link]
@sustainhub2013 » 15 Oct '12, 7am
RT @Green_Gateway: Infographic: What puts up your energy bill? | Greenpeace UK [link]
@Gian_TCatt » 14 Oct '12, 3pm
@richardcalhoun What puts up your energy bill? A useful infographic: [link] #DashforGas
@bobdemob » 13 Oct '12, 5pm
RT @bobgreid: Infographic: What puts up your energy bill? | Greenpeace UK [link]
@PrincessWoosh » 13 Oct '12, 1pm
RT @mjattrill: Don't believe the stories that higher energy bills are due to green energy cost. See this diagram! [link] Via @GreenpeaceUK
@dermotsmith » 13 Oct '12, 11am
MT @GeorgeMonbiot @marcusbrig Myth-busting infographic [link] Yay! my solar generation not the cause of soaring energy bills
@Eggstones » 13 Oct '12, 11am
@bestdeadends this might interest you. its about energy bills and the impact of ROCs [link]
@Francis_NL » 13 Oct '12, 10am
RT @Sustainable2050: For UK RT @GeorgeMonbiot: Myth-busting infographic shows how rising energy bills have little to do with green subsidies [link]
@Observer609 » 13 Oct '12, 10am
RT @Davesci: What puts up your energy bill? [link] Answer: not renewables.
@Davesci » 13 Oct '12, 10am
What puts up your energy bill? [link] Answer: not renewables.
@ChathamRob » 13 Oct '12, 10am
Important @greenpeaceuk infographic on drivers of high energy prices, especially given lazy reporting by @BBC [link]
@Howlecom » 13 Oct '12, 10am
RT @DaveNotJon: “@GeorgeMonbiot: infographic shows rising energy bills have v little to do with green subsidies. [link] @MichelleKendall
@mjattrill » 13 Oct '12, 9am
Don't believe the stories that higher energy bills are due to green energy cost. See this diagram! [link] Via @GreenpeaceUK
@DaveNotJon » 13 Oct '12, 9am
“@GeorgeMonbiot: infographic shows rising energy bills have v little to do with green subsidies. [link] @MichelleKendall
@slackyp » 13 Oct '12, 9am
@chloeshepherd check this, [link]
@Jo_Bo_Anderson » 13 Oct '12, 8am
MT @GeorgeMonbiot: Myth-busting infographic. rising energy bills v little to do with green subsidies [link] @southernelec
@NateSibley » 13 Oct '12, 8am
Infographic: What puts up your energy bill? Not renewable investment... [link]
@jossgarman » 13 Oct '12, 8am
RT @GeorgeMonbiot: Myth-busting infographic shows how rising energy bills have v little to do with green subsidies. [link]
@GeorgeMonbiot » 13 Oct '12, 8am
Myth-busting infographic shows how rising energy bills have v little to do with green subsidies. [link]
@HelenRobertsUK » 12 Oct '12, 1pm
Greenpeace explains how its not renewables that are putting up your #energyprices [link]
@EnergyDeskUK » 12 Oct '12, 1pm
@MLiebreich We've been crunching data,i nfographic on bills [link] & future gas/wind costs [link]
@SwaleGreen » 12 Oct '12, 11am
Infographic: What puts up your energy bill? It's the cost of gas not reneable energy. [link]
@dubious1977 » 12 Oct '12, 11am
RT @mark_lynas: Increase in UK fuel bills due to green energy is about £8 this year. Horrors! [link] from @EnergyDeskUK
@FuelPovAction » 12 Oct '12, 11am
RT @FrackOffLondon: Why renewables aren't to blame for @britishgas tariff increases. [link] #BritishGas
@FrackOffLondon » 12 Oct '12, 11am
Why renewables aren't to blame for @britishgas tariff increases. [link] #BritishGas
@Soapysudsuk » 12 Oct '12, 11am
RT @carbonbrief: The numbers on what's putting up your energy bill, from Greenpeace's @energydeskuk - [link]
@mark_lynas » 12 Oct '12, 11am
Increase in UK fuel bills due to green energy is about £8 this year. Horrors! [link] from @EnergyDeskUK
@carbonbrief » 12 Oct '12, 10am
The numbers on what's putting up your energy bill, from Greenpeace's @energydeskuk - [link]
@franjangle » 12 Oct '12, 10am
RT@fionabrookes: household energy bill @energydeskuk [link]” @MsTishaB @sandyd68” < NOT INC huge tax subsidies on oil/gas/coal
@envirobuzz » 12 Oct '12, 9am
listen to British Gas's chief on Radio 4 this morning, then look at bill breakdown: [link] £25 in £1320 bill for renewables
@JamesKershawE2B » 12 Oct '12, 9am
RT @JessicaLennard: Helpful snapshot, what puts up your energy bills? [link] Thanks @GreenpeaceUK
@JessicaLennard » 12 Oct '12, 9am
Helpful snapshot, what puts up your energy bills? [link] Thanks @GreenpeaceUK
@jossgarman » 12 Oct '12, 9am
RT @wdjstraw: Gd to hear frm @DECCgovuk that Times story "inaccurate" esp since gas prices cause 2/3s of bill increases: [link]
@wdjstraw » 12 Oct '12, 9am
Gd to hear frm @DECCgovuk that Times story "inaccurate" esp since gas prices cause 2/3s of bill increases: [link]
@DilysCluer » 12 Oct '12, 9am
Renewables hardly to blame for price rises: breakdown of average household energy bill: @energydeskuk infographic: [link]”
@sandyd68 » 12 Oct '12, 9am
RT @fionabrookes: "The breakdown of an average household energy bill? @energydeskuk infographic explains: [link]” @MsTishaB @sandyd68
@fionabrookes » 12 Oct '12, 9am
"The breakdown of an average household energy bill? @energydeskuk infographic explains: [link]” @MsTishaB @sandyd68