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Gas and electricity, a month, every council ranked

What the middle home here uses, charged at the price cap. The use is this council's median per meter for gas and for electricity; the rates are the same across Great Britain, so what differs between places is how much energy homes use. A home on the gas grid. Figures for 2024 use, 2026 prices, published for 347 councils in England, Wales and Scotland. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.

Lowest: Islington, £117 a month. The council in the middle: Ceredigion, £146 a month. Highest: Elmbridge, £182 a month.

Gas and electricity, a month, every council it is published for, lowest first
PlaceCouncilFigure
1IslingtonLondon£117 a month
2Tower HamletsLondon£120 a month
3PlymouthSouth West£121 a month
4 jointGlasgow CityScotland£122 a month
4 jointHackneyLondon£122 a month
4 jointSouthwarkLondon£122 a month
4 jointWestminsterLondon£122 a month
8CamdenLondon£123 a month
9 jointExeterSouth West£125 a month
9 jointLambethLondon£125 a month
11 jointHammersmith and FulhamLondon£126 a month
11 jointNorwichEast of England£126 a month
13City of LondonLondon£127 a month
14Kensington and ChelseaLondon£128 a month
15City of EdinburghScotland£129 a month
16 jointEastbourneSouth East£130 a month
16 jointWest DunbartonshireScotland£130 a month
18 jointIsle of WightSouth East£131 a month
18 jointPortsmouthSouth East£131 a month
20 jointGosportSouth East£132 a month
20 jointLincolnEast Midlands£132 a month
20 jointTorbaySouth West£132 a month
23 jointAberdeen CityScotland£133 a month
23 jointBrighton and HoveSouth East£133 a month
23 jointDoverSouth East£133 a month
23 jointGreat YarmouthEast of England£133 a month
23 jointKingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber£133 a month
23 jointWandsworthLondon£133 a month
29 jointConwyWales£134 a month
29 jointHastingsSouth East£134 a month
29 jointTeignbridgeSouth West£134 a month
29 jointThanetSouth East£134 a month
29 jointTorridgeSouth West£134 a month
34 jointBristolSouth West£135 a month
34 jointEast DevonSouth West£135 a month
34 jointLiverpoolNorth West£135 a month
34 jointNorth DevonSouth West£135 a month
34 jointSouth TynesideNorth East£135 a month
39 jointKnowsleyNorth West£136 a month
39 jointLewishamLondon£136 a month
39 jointPembrokeshireWales£136 a month
42 jointCornwallSouth West£137 a month
42 jointDundee CityScotland£137 a month
42 jointFolkestone and HytheSouth East£137 a month
42 jointHaringeyLondon£137 a month
42 jointNewportWales£137 a month
42 jointRenfrewshireScotland£137 a month
42 jointSt. HelensNorth West£137 a month
42 jointTorfaenWales£137 a month
50 jointBournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West£138 a month
50 jointGreenwichLondon£138 a month
50 jointGwyneddWales£138 a month
50 jointHaltonNorth West£138 a month
50 jointMid DevonSouth West£138 a month
50 jointNeath Port TalbotWales£138 a month
50 jointNewhamLondon£138 a month
50 jointNorth AyrshireScotland£138 a month
50 jointSomersetSouth West£138 a month
50 jointSouth HamsSouth West£138 a month
50 jointSouthamptonSouth East£138 a month
50 jointWorcesterWest Midlands£138 a month
50 jointWorthingSouth East£138 a month
63 jointAdurSouth East£139 a month
63 jointBlackpoolNorth West£139 a month
63 jointCambridgeEast of England£139 a month
63 jointCardiffWales£139 a month
63 jointCheltenhamSouth West£139 a month
63 jointChesterfieldEast Midlands£139 a month
63 jointGloucesterSouth West£139 a month
63 jointHartlepoolNorth East£139 a month
63 jointIpswichEast of England£139 a month
63 jointIsle of AngleseyWales£139 a month
63 jointNorth East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber£139 a month
63 jointNorth SomersetSouth West£139 a month
63 jointPeterboroughEast of England£139 a month
63 jointRedcar and ClevelandNorth East£139 a month
63 jointSwanseaWales£139 a month
63 jointTelford and WrekinWest Midlands£139 a month
63 jointTewkesburySouth West£139 a month
63 jointWiganNorth West£139 a month
81 jointBridgendWales£140 a month
81 jointDenbighshireWales£140 a month
81 jointDorsetSouth West£140 a month
81 jointHarlowEast of England£140 a month
81 jointInverclydeScotland£140 a month
81 jointVale of GlamorganWales£140 a month
81 jointWakefieldYorkshire and the Humber£140 a month
88 jointArunSouth East£141 a month
88 jointBarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber£141 a month
88 jointBurnleyNorth West£141 a month
88 jointCarmarthenshireWales£141 a month
88 jointEast SuffolkEast of England£141 a month
88 jointEastleighSouth East£141 a month
88 jointHyndburnNorth West£141 a month
88 jointLancasterNorth West£141 a month
88 jointMiddlesbroughNorth East£141 a month
88 jointNorth TynesideNorth East£141 a month
88 jointNottinghamEast Midlands£141 a month
88 jointSouth GloucestershireSouth West£141 a month
88 jointStoke-on-TrentWest Midlands£141 a month
88 jointTamesideNorth West£141 a month
88 jointWrexhamWales£141 a month
103 jointClackmannanshireScotland£142 a month
103 jointDoncasterYorkshire and the Humber£142 a month
103 jointFlintshireWales£142 a month
103 jointHavantSouth East£142 a month
103 jointHerefordshireWest Midlands£142 a month
103 jointPowysWales£142 a month
103 jointPrestonNorth West£142 a month
103 jointRedditchWest Midlands£142 a month
103 jointRotherhamYorkshire and the Humber£142 a month
103 jointSunderlandNorth East£142 a month
103 jointWaltham ForestLondon£142 a month
103 jointWest DevonSouth West£142 a month
103 jointWest SuffolkEast of England£142 a month
116 jointBarking and DagenhamLondon£143 a month
116 jointBolsoverEast Midlands£143 a month
116 jointEast AyrshireScotland£143 a month
116 jointGatesheadNorth East£143 a month
116 jointNorth NorfolkEast of England£143 a month
116 jointRhondda Cynon TafWales£143 a month
116 jointSeftonNorth West£143 a month
116 jointSouth AyrshireScotland£143 a month
116 jointSouth RibbleNorth West£143 a month
116 jointStevenageEast of England£143 a month
116 jointSwaleSouth East£143 a month
116 jointSwindonSouth West£143 a month
116 jointTendringEast of England£143 a month
116 jointWirralNorth West£143 a month
116 jointWyre ForestWest Midlands£143 a month
131 jointBostonEast Midlands£144 a month
131 jointCaerphillyWales£144 a month
131 jointCanterburySouth East£144 a month
131 jointCoventryWest Midlands£144 a month
131 jointCrawleySouth East£144 a month
131 jointCumberlandNorth West£144 a month
131 jointDarlingtonNorth East£144 a month
131 jointDartfordSouth East£144 a month
131 jointDerbyEast Midlands£144 a month
131 jointEast LindseyEast Midlands£144 a month
131 jointEast LothianScotland£144 a month
131 jointErewashEast Midlands£144 a month
131 jointFifeScotland£144 a month
131 jointLewesSouth East£144 a month
131 jointManchesterNorth West£144 a month
131 jointMedwaySouth East£144 a month
131 jointMid SuffolkEast of England£144 a month
131 jointNuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands£144 a month
131 jointRochdaleNorth West£144 a month
131 jointShropshireWest Midlands£144 a month
131 jointWarringtonNorth West£144 a month
131 jointWestmorland and FurnessNorth West£144 a month
131 jointWyreNorth West£144 a month
154 jointBrecklandEast of England£145 a month
154 jointBroadlandEast of England£145 a month
154 jointCheshire West and ChesterNorth West£145 a month
154 jointCounty DurhamNorth East£145 a month
154 jointEast StaffordshireWest Midlands£145 a month
154 jointFarehamSouth East£145 a month
154 jointMidlothianScotland£145 a month
154 jointMonmouthshireWales£145 a month
154 jointNewcastle upon TyneNorth East£145 a month
154 jointNorth LanarkshireScotland£145 a month
154 jointNorth LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber£145 a month
154 jointNorthumberlandNorth East£145 a month
154 jointSalfordNorth West£145 a month
154 jointSouth DerbyshireEast Midlands£145 a month
154 jointSouth NorfolkEast of England£145 a month
154 jointStockton-on-TeesNorth East£145 a month
154 jointTamworthWest Midlands£145 a month
171 jointAshfieldEast Midlands£146 a month
171 jointBassetlawEast Midlands£146 a month
171 jointBlaenau GwentWales£146 a month
171 jointCeredigionWales£146 a month
171 jointCharnwoodEast Midlands£146 a month
171 jointChorleyNorth West£146 a month
171 jointColchesterEast of England£146 a month
171 jointFalkirkScotland£146 a month
171 jointForest of DeanSouth West£146 a month
171 jointMilton KeynesSouth East£146 a month
171 jointNorth KestevenEast Midlands£146 a month
171 jointOldhamNorth West£146 a month
171 jointPendleNorth West£146 a month
171 jointScottish BordersScotland£146 a month
171 jointSheffieldYorkshire and the Humber£146 a month
171 jointTest ValleySouth East£146 a month
187 jointAmber ValleyEast Midlands£147 a month
187 jointAshfordSouth East£147 a month
187 jointBath and North East SomersetSouth West£147 a month
187 jointBoltonNorth West£147 a month
187 jointEast Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber£147 a month
187 jointHuntingdonshireEast of England£147 a month
187 jointLeedsYorkshire and the Humber£147 a month
187 jointMalvern HillsWest Midlands£147 a month
187 jointMansfieldEast Midlands£147 a month
187 jointNorth East DerbyshireEast Midlands£147 a month
187 jointNorth NorthamptonshireEast Midlands£147 a month
187 jointSouth KestevenEast Midlands£147 a month
187 jointWychavonWest Midlands£147 a month
200 jointBedfordEast of England£148 a month
200 jointBroxtoweEast Midlands£148 a month
200 jointFenlandEast of England£148 a month
200 jointGraveshamSouth East£148 a month
200 jointHinckley and BosworthEast Midlands£148 a month
200 jointKing's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England£148 a month
200 jointMaidstoneSouth East£148 a month
200 jointNewark and SherwoodEast Midlands£148 a month
200 jointNewcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands£148 a month
200 jointReadingSouth East£148 a month
200 jointRushmoorSouth East£148 a month
200 jointSandwellWest Midlands£148 a month
200 jointSouth HollandEast Midlands£148 a month
200 jointStroudSouth West£148 a month
200 jointWest LindseyEast Midlands£148 a month
200 jointWiltshireSouth West£148 a month
200 jointYorkYorkshire and the Humber£148 a month
217 jointAngusScotland£149 a month
217 jointBaberghEast of England£149 a month
217 jointBasingstoke and DeaneSouth East£149 a month
217 jointBuryNorth West£149 a month
217 jointCannock ChaseWest Midlands£149 a month
217 jointChichesterSouth East£149 a month
217 jointDudleyWest Midlands£149 a month
217 jointDumfries and GallowayScotland£149 a month
217 jointEalingLondon£149 a month
217 jointEast CambridgeshireEast of England£149 a month
217 jointFyldeNorth West£149 a month
217 jointMeltonEast Midlands£149 a month
217 jointMerthyr TydfilWales£149 a month
217 jointNew ForestSouth East£149 a month
217 jointNorth YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber£149 a month
217 jointStaffordWest Midlands£149 a month
217 jointWarwickWest Midlands£149 a month
217 jointWest LancashireNorth West£149 a month
235 jointBasildonEast of England£150 a month
235 jointBlackburn with DarwenNorth West£150 a month
235 jointBraintreeEast of England£150 a month
235 jointCalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber£150 a month
235 jointCentral BedfordshireEast of England£150 a month
235 jointCherwellSouth East£150 a month
235 jointKirkleesYorkshire and the Humber£150 a month
235 jointOxfordSouth East£150 a month
235 jointSouth LanarkshireScotland£150 a month
235 jointWest LothianScotland£150 a month
245 jointHigh PeakEast Midlands£151 a month
245 jointMertonLondon£151 a month
245 jointMorayScotland£151 a month
245 jointNa h-Eileanan SiarScotland£151 a month
245 jointRotherSouth East£151 a month
245 jointRugbyWest Midlands£151 a month
245 jointStratford-on-AvonWest Midlands£151 a month
245 jointThurrockEast of England£151 a month
245 jointVale of White HorseSouth East£151 a month
245 jointWest NorthamptonshireEast Midlands£151 a month
245 jointWinchesterSouth East£151 a month
256 jointBlabyEast Midlands£152 a month
256 jointCheshire EastNorth West£152 a month
256 jointGedlingEast Midlands£152 a month
256 jointLeicesterEast Midlands£152 a month
256 jointNorth West LeicestershireEast Midlands£152 a month
256 jointSouthend-on-SeaEast of England£152 a month
256 jointWalsallWest Midlands£152 a month
256 jointWolverhamptonWest Midlands£152 a month
264 jointHounslowLondon£153 a month
264 jointNorth WarwickshireWest Midlands£153 a month
264 jointRibble ValleyNorth West£153 a month
264 jointRossendaleNorth West£153 a month
264 jointTonbridge and MallingSouth East£153 a month
269 jointBrentLondon£154 a month
269 jointCroydonLondon£154 a month
269 jointLichfieldWest Midlands£154 a month
269 jointSloughSouth East£154 a month
269 jointStaffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands£154 a month
274 jointHorshamSouth East£155 a month
274 jointMid SussexSouth East£155 a month
274 jointOadby and WigstonEast Midlands£155 a month
274 jointPerth and KinrossScotland£155 a month
274 jointSouth CambridgeshireEast of England£155 a month
274 jointStirlingScotland£155 a month
274 jointWatfordEast of England£155 a month
274 jointWealdenSouth East£155 a month
274 jointWelwyn HatfieldEast of England£155 a month
283 jointBirminghamWest Midlands£156 a month
283 jointBracknell ForestSouth East£156 a month
283 jointBradfordYorkshire and the Humber£156 a month
283 jointBroxbourneEast of England£156 a month
283 jointDerbyshire DalesEast Midlands£156 a month
283 jointLutonEast of England£156 a month
283 jointNorth HertfordshireEast of England£156 a month
283 jointRichmond upon ThamesLondon£156 a month
283 jointRushcliffeEast Midlands£156 a month
283 jointSouth StaffordshireWest Midlands£156 a month
283 jointStockportNorth West£156 a month
283 jointWest OxfordshireSouth East£156 a month
295 jointBexleyLondon£157 a month
295 jointChelmsfordEast of England£157 a month
295 jointHarboroughEast Midlands£157 a month
295 jointHaveringLondon£157 a month
295 jointMaldonEast of England£157 a month
295 jointSuttonLondon£157 a month
301 jointDacorumEast of England£158 a month
301 jointKingston upon ThamesLondon£158 a month
303 jointEnfieldLondon£159 a month
303 jointSouth OxfordshireSouth East£159 a month
305 jointCotswoldSouth West£160 a month
305 jointEast HampshireSouth East£160 a month
305 jointHighlandScotland£160 a month
305 jointRutlandEast Midlands£160 a month
305 jointSpelthorneSouth East£160 a month
305 jointTraffordNorth West£160 a month
311 jointArgyll and ButeScotland£161 a month
311 jointEast HertfordshireEast of England£161 a month
311 jointSolihullWest Midlands£161 a month
311 jointTunbridge WellsSouth East£161 a month
315HillingdonLondon£162 a month
316 jointBromleyLondon£163 a month
316 jointBromsgroveWest Midlands£163 a month
316 jointRochfordEast of England£163 a month
319 jointCastle PointEast of England£164 a month
319 jointWest BerkshireSouth East£164 a month
321 jointBarnetLondon£166 a month
321 jointRunnymedeSouth East£166 a month
321 jointUttlesfordEast of England£166 a month
324 jointEast DunbartonshireScotland£167 a month
324 jointEpping ForestEast of England£167 a month
324 jointGuildfordSouth East£167 a month
324 jointRedbridgeLondon£167 a month
324 jointReigate and BansteadSouth East£167 a month
324 jointWokinghamSouth East£167 a month
330 jointAberdeenshireScotland£168 a month
330 jointHertsmereEast of England£168 a month
332 jointBuckinghamshireSouth East£170 a month
332 jointEast RenfrewshireScotland£170 a month
334 jointBrentwoodEast of England£171 a month
334 jointHartSouth East£171 a month
334 jointWindsor and MaidenheadSouth East£171 a month
334 jointWokingSouth East£171 a month
338SevenoaksSouth East£172 a month
339 jointEpsom and EwellSouth East£173 a month
339 jointThree RiversEast of England£173 a month
341 jointHarrowLondon£174 a month
341 jointSt AlbansEast of England£174 a month
343WaverleySouth East£175 a month
344TandridgeSouth East£178 a month
345Surrey HeathSouth East£179 a month
346Mole ValleySouth East£180 a month
347ElmbridgeSouth East£182 a month

Not in this list

  • Isles of Scilly, Orkney Islands and Shetland Islands. DESNZ does not publish a median for these councils.
  • Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland is outside the price cap. DESNZ publishes consumption for Great Britain.

DESNZ median domestic electricity and gas use by council, 2024, at the Ofgem price cap for October to December 2026 · 2024 use, 2026 prices · fetched 13 October 2026 · How this is measured

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