[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":304},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page-\u002Fbusiness-gas-and-electricity":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"description":291,"extension":292,"meta":293,"navigation":299,"path":294,"seo":300,"seoTitle":301,"stem":302,"__hash__":303},"content\u002Fbusiness-gas-and-electricity.md","Business gas and electricity prices in August 2026",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":283},"minimark",[9,13,17,22,119,122,125,144,148,151,154,157,160,164,167,227,230,233,236,239,243,246,254],[10,11,5],"h1",{"id":12},"business-gas-and-electricity-prices-in-august-2026",[14,15,16],"p",{},"Small businesses were quoted 28.1p per kWh for electricity and 10.6p for gas in July 2026, plus a daily standing charge on each (Bionic supplier panel, 1 to 8 July 2026). Official averages across all non-domestic users are lower, at 24.14p and 5.17p in Q1 2026 (DESNZ, published 30 June 2026).",[18,19,21],"h2",{"id":20},"business-gas-and-electricity-rates-by-size-july-2026","Business gas and electricity rates by size, July 2026",[23,24,25,47],"table",{},[26,27,28],"thead",{},[29,30,31,35,38,41,44],"tr",{},[32,33,34],"th",{},"Business size",[32,36,37],{},"Electricity unit rate",[32,39,40],{},"Electricity standing charge",[32,42,43],{},"Gas unit rate",[32,45,46],{},"Gas standing charge",[48,49,50,68,85,102],"tbody",{},[29,51,52,56,59,62,65],{},[53,54,55],"td",{},"Micro",[53,57,58],{},"29.7p\u002FkWh",[53,60,61],{},"57.1p a day",[53,63,64],{},"10.9p\u002FkWh",[53,66,67],{},"39.1p a day",[29,69,70,73,76,79,82],{},[53,71,72],{},"Small",[53,74,75],{},"28.1p\u002FkWh",[53,77,78],{},"70.6p a day",[53,80,81],{},"10.6p\u002FkWh",[53,83,84],{},"40.6p a day",[29,86,87,90,93,96,99],{},[53,88,89],{},"Medium",[53,91,92],{},"26.3p\u002FkWh",[53,94,95],{},"218.4p a day",[53,97,98],{},"11.1p\u002FkWh",[53,100,101],{},"49.9p a day",[29,103,104,107,110,113,116],{},[53,105,106],{},"Large",[53,108,109],{},"25.9p\u002FkWh",[53,111,112],{},"226.4p a day",[53,114,115],{},"9.9p\u002FkWh",[53,117,118],{},"43.3p a day",[14,120,121],{},"All eight figures are Bionic supplier panel data for 1 to 8 July 2026, published by MoneySuperMarket and Uswitch. Bands differ a little by fuel. Micro is 5,000 to 15,000 kWh a year on both. Large starts at 50,000 kWh for electricity and 65,000 kWh for gas.",[14,123,124],{},"Those two websites carry identical figures because they run off the same broker's book. Treat them as one source, not two. The official numbers run a quarter behind. DESNZ put electricity at 24.14p\u002FkWh and gas at 5.17p\u002FkWh including the Climate Change Levy in Q1 2026, the latest quarter published. Electricity fell 6.2% on the year. Gas sat 28% below its Q1 2023 peak of 7.18p\u002FkWh (DESNZ, Quarterly Energy Prices, 30 June 2026). Both averages include heavy industry, so a shop or a workshop pays above them.",[14,126,127,128,133,134,138,139,143],{},"Deeper tables live on ",[129,130,132],"a",{"href":131},"\u002Fbusiness-gas-prices","gas rates in more detail"," and ",[129,135,137],{"href":136},"\u002Fbusiness-electricity-rates","electricity rates in more detail",". ",[129,140,142],{"href":141},"\u002Fpricing-methodology","How we source these figures"," sets out the rules.",[18,145,147],{"id":146},"what-you-actually-pay","What you actually pay",[14,149,150],{},"Two numbers make your bill. The unit rate is what each kWh costs. The standing charge is what the supply costs every day, doors open or shut. A medium business on the July 2026 panel figure of 218.4p a day pays £797 a year before it burns a single kWh.",[14,152,153],{},"On top sits the Climate Change Levy, 0.801p per kWh on electricity and the same on gas, 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027 (HMRC). Gas was rebalanced up to match electricity, so one rate covers both. VAT goes on after that.",[14,155,156],{},"Then there is the broker. About 35% of businesses used one in Ofgem's 2025 survey (published May 2026). We are paid through an uplift on your unit rate, so it comes out of what you pay. Ours is 1.5p per kWh, gas and electricity, every contract length, printed on your quote before you sign.",[14,158,159],{},"No supplier publishes a contracted rate. EDF says its prices are reviewed weekly and quote-only. British Gas's price-plans page lists plan types with no figures (both checked 10 August 2026). Every contracted number here is panel data for that reason.",[18,161,163],{"id":162},"out-of-contract-on-both-fuels","Out of contract, on both fuels",[14,165,166],{},"Let a contract lapse and you land on rates the supplier sets and publishes. Nearly one in five businesses ends up there: 19% were placed on an out-of-contract rate and 8% moved onto a deemed contract (Ofgem, Businesses' experiences of the energy market 2025, published May 2026).",[23,168,169,185],{},[26,170,171],{},[29,172,173,176,179,182],{},[32,174,175],{},"Where you are",[32,177,178],{},"Electricity",[32,180,181],{},"Gas",[32,183,184],{},"Source and date",[48,186,187,199,213],{},[29,188,189,192,194,196],{},[53,190,191],{},"Contracted, small business",[53,193,75],{},[53,195,81],{},[53,197,198],{},"Bionic supplier panel, 1 to 8 July 2026",[29,200,201,204,207,210],{},[53,202,203],{},"Out of contract",[53,205,206],{},"35.33p to 38.66p\u002FkWh",[53,208,209],{},"9.130p\u002FkWh, Band 1",[53,211,212],{},"Crown Gas & Power rate cards, from 1 August 2026",[29,214,215,218,221,224],{},[53,216,217],{},"Deemed",[53,219,220],{},"45p\u002FkWh",[53,222,223],{},"14.0p\u002FkWh",[53,225,226],{},"Valda Energy deemed rates, effective 7 August 2026",[14,228,229],{},"Each row is a separate source with its own date. The supplier cards exclude VAT and CCL. The panel figures do not say either way, so the electricity gap between those rows is approximate. Crown's range moves by distribution region, lowest in the East Midlands, highest around Manchester.",[14,231,232],{},"Gas behaves differently. Crown's out-of-contract gas of 9.130p undercuts the panel's contracted 10.6p. Valda charges 14.0p for a deemed supply. Gas rates vary far more between suppliers than electricity rates do, so the figure that matters is your own supplier's card. British Gas says its out-of-contract plans \"can cost up to 80% more than fixed plans\" (checked 10 August 2026, undated on the page).",[14,234,235],{},"Valda's deemed standing charges, effective 7 August 2026, run from 115p to 400p a day on electricity and 260p to 460p on gas. Bryte charges 571p a day on every meter type, valid from 1 May 2026.",[14,237,238],{},"Deemed rates are not automatically the worst in the market. At Crown they sit below out-of-contract on both fuels, at 7.922p for gas and 31.02p to 33.94p for electricity from 1 August 2026. At Valda, deemed electricity is 45p. It depends on the supplier.",[18,240,242],{"id":241},"one-supplier-or-two","One supplier or two",[14,244,245],{},"There is no business version of a dual-fuel deal. Uswitch says business suppliers \"don't package gas and electricity together\"; MoneySuperMarket says the two fuels \"are always billed and contracted separately\" (both checked 10 August 2026). One supplier for both still means two contracts and two end dates, with no discount for keeping them together. If one of your two deals is already good, keep it and move the other.",[14,247,248,249,253],{},"Digging out a recent bill for each fuel is the annoying bit, and it is the only bit you do. We price both against the market and show our 1.5p commission next to the numbers. If your current deal wins, we say so and tell you to stay put. ",[129,250,252],{"href":251},"\u002Fbusiness-energy-quote","See your number",".",[255,256,258,265,271,277],"faq-section",{"title":257},"Common questions",[259,260,262],"faq-item",{"question":261},"What is the average business energy price per kWh?",[14,263,264],{},"UK non-domestic customers paid 24.14p per kWh for electricity and 5.17p for gas including the Climate Change Levy in Q1 2026, the latest quarter published (DESNZ, 30 June 2026). Small sites pay more: 28.1p and 10.6p on July 2026 panel data.",[259,266,268],{"question":267},"Is dual fuel cheaper for businesses?",[14,269,270],{},"No. Suppliers do not package the two fuels for business customers, so there is nothing to discount. You sign two contracts either way, so price each fuel on its own merits.",[259,272,274],{"question":273},"What are out-of-contract energy rates?",[14,275,276],{},"They are the published rates a supplier applies when your fixed contract ends and you agree nothing new. Crown Gas & Power charges 35.33p to 38.66p per kWh for electricity from 1 August 2026, against 28.1p on a small-business contract in July 2026.",[259,278,280],{"question":279},"How are business energy prices set?",[14,281,282],{},"Wholesale cost, network charges for your region, the Climate Change Levy at 0.801p per kWh, supplier margin and any broker commission. Region moves the number: Crown's out-of-contract electricity runs 35.33p to 38.66p across distribution areas from 1 August 2026.",{"title":284,"searchDepth":285,"depth":285,"links":286},"",2,[287,288,289,290],{"id":20,"depth":285,"text":21},{"id":146,"depth":285,"text":147},{"id":162,"depth":285,"text":163},{"id":241,"depth":285,"text":242},"Gas and electricity unit rates and standing charges by business size, dated and sourced, plus what out-of-contract rates cost on both fuels.","md",{"registeredPath":294,"vertical":295,"role":296,"sitemapGroup":297,"schema":298},"\u002Fbusiness-gas-and-electricity","gas","cross-fuel data+capture","pages","Article+FAQPage",true,{"title":5,"description":291},"Business gas and electricity prices, August 2026","business-gas-and-electricity","JSwTszr1Wcd2r83spupN-X-R2h0Cg4sXYhmNTMIKFIY",1786561184026]