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Industrial electricity price premium
Part of the Infrastructure domain. UK industrial electricity price as a percentage above the IEA median for comparable industrial economies, measuring competitive disadvantage from energy costs.
Latest data
Latest reading
2024
A higher reading is treated as worse for this indicator.
Score composition
Stress score
Blended from three components: (60% weight), trend (30% weight) and volatility (10% weight). Full formula on the methodology page.
Level · 60% weight
Bounds: scored against fixed best/worst limits, used until a metric has about eight years of verified data to rank against.
Trend · 30% weight
Neutral: the latest reading matches the one before it, so no change is measured.
Volatility · 10% weight
50Provisional: fewer than four historical readings are available, so this defaults to a mid range score rather than a measured figure.
Data confidence and provenance
Confidence and source
How much weight to put on the reading, the mean data-confidence across the component metrics (source quality, recency and completeness).
Source
Energy price statistics incl. international comparisons
- Update frequency
- Quarterly/Annual
- Reliability
- high
Provenance
- Provider
- DESNZ
- Series ID
- UK industrial electricity premium vs IEA median
- Frequency
- annual
- Accessed
- 13 August 2026
Known weakness
IEA comparators and exchange-rate timing affect the premium calculation; the industrial price basket definition varies across countries making exact comparisons approximate.
Notes
Verified official value from DESNZ (UK industrial electricity premium vs IEA median), accessed 2026-08-13.
Historical values
History
| Period | Value | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 63 |