Energy Price Changes

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Below is a summary of the main price changes since the start of 2008.

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Gas Prices and Electricity Prices Update History

Energy prices have been updated to 02 October 2009. Price updates are shown below as they arise.

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Supplier	Date	Description
	09 March 2010	Price reduction, Gas prices reduced 7% on standard prices
	08 March 2010	Price reduction, Gas prices reduced 6% on standard prices
	04 March 2010	Price reduction, Gas prices reduced 4% (Credit/Direct Debit) 7% (gas only) 9% (Prepayment) on standard prices
	04 February 2010	Price reduction, Gas prices reduced 7% on standard prices
	08 October 2009	Withdrawn, Track and Save V.2 - New tariff, Track and Save V.3
	08 October 2009	New Tariff, Fixed Price V.4
	02 October 2009	FixOnline v3 product regional discounts have been updated.
	02 October 2009	Prices updates for the iSave dual fuel and SMart Online Saver v1 tariffs, updated prices apply for new and existing customers.
	02 October 2009	Scottish Power have updated their prices for the Online Energy Saver 7 tariff.
	28 September 2009	New tariff launched, E.ON Energy Winter Gas.
	25 September 2009	New tariff launched, Online Energy Saver 7, this tariff replaces the current Energy Saver 6 tariff.
	23 September 2009	FixOnline v3 product discounts have been altered within the East Midlands and Yorkshire regions.
	22 September 2009	Go Direct tariff has been updated with reduced electricity prices in the South Western and South Eastern regions.
	16 September 2009	New tariff "Go Direct" has been launched.
	11 September 2009	New tariff launch, iSave dual fuel, this tariff does not feature a smart meter and utilzes existing standard meters without contract periods or cancellation fees. The existing tariff rates for the Smart dual fuel saver 1 (available only in the midlands) has also been updated.
	11 September 2009	Two new tariffs launched, OVO New Energy and OVO Green Energy plans. OVO Energy is a new energy company, just recently launched.
	08 September 2009	New tariffs launched for Capped Energy and Discounted Energy tariffs, previous tariffs have now been withdrawn.
	21 August 2009	E.ON have launched FixOnline 3 effective 21st August 2009 - fixed term contract until the 1st December 2010. Applications are available via accredited Price Comparison Services.
	20 August 2009	British Gas - Withdrawal of WebSaver 3 and launch of WebSaver 4. Applications are not available via accredited Price Comparison Services.
	17 August 2009	EDF Online v5 is now available for in the following areas Eastern, East Midlands, Manweb, Midlands, Northern, Norweb, Scottish Hydro, Southern, Scottish Power and Yorkshire
	17 August 2009	first:utility has launched a new tariff called Smart Dual fuel online saver V1 available in East Midlands and Midlands only.
	12 August 2009	British Gas launch new Track and Save 2011 tariffs at a minimum discount of 2% for domestic electricity and a minimum 2% for domestic gas customers below standard variable credit rates between 13th July 2009 and 31st January 2011.
	05 August 2009	E.ON Energy launch Save Online v1, this replaces the Energy Online Extra Saver products, and is available with and without standing charge and for electricity only as well as dual fuel.
	24 July 2009	New tariff launched, Energy Saver v9.
	24 July 2009	EDF have relaunched the Online Tariff V5
	20 July 2009	New tariffs launched, Sign Online 16 and Web 16. These tariffs replace the previous version 15 tariffs which have been removed from the market.
	17 July 2009	New tariff launched, Online Energy Saver v6. This tariff replaces Online Energy Saver v5 which has been withdrawn.
	15 July 2009	New versions of our energysaver and standard tariffs.
	10 July 2009	All first:utility tariffs have been pulled from the market.
	09 July 2009	The Spark Energy standard and Standard plus tariff prices have been updated
	09 July 2009	EON has launched a new tariff Energy Discount v4 replacing the previous ENergy Discount v3 tariff
	07 July 2009	EON has removed the standing charge for Gas Prepayment Customers. EON has also reduced gas prices on Age Concern v1 and v2 (including high user), Energy Discount v1-v3, Energy Extra Saver up to v13, Energy Saver v7 and v8, Energy Online, Price Protection v18 and Go Green tariffs.
	25 June 2009	New tariff launch, Fix 'n' Flex Version 1. Prices fixed till 31st July 2010 with flexibility to switch to any other Scottish Power tariff within 6 months.
	22 June 2009	New tariff launched, Annual Fix v3, this tariff replaces version 2 which has been withdrawn from the market.
	20 May 2009	New tariff launch, Energy Extra Saver v14, replacing the existing Energy Extra Saver v13 tariff. The FixOnline V2 tariff has also been withdrawn from the market.
	18 May 2009	New tariff launched, Online S@aver v1, this tariff replaces Online Version 6 which has been withdrawn from the market.
	11 May 2009	Updated prices for 'Track and Save v1-v2' and 'Energy Guarantee v4-v6'.
	08 May 2009	British Gas cuts electricity prices by 10% effective from the 7th of May 2009. All tariffs have been updated.
	07 May 2009	New tariff 'FixOnline v2' has been launched to replace 'FixOnline'.
	07 May 2009	New tariff 'Web Saver 3' has been launched to replace 'Web Saver 2'.
	30 April 2009	New tariff 'Online Energy Saver' has been launched.
	28 April 2009	New tariff 'Track and Save v2' has been launched to replace 'Track and Save'.
	27 April 2009	New tariff 'Energy Discount Plan' has been launched.
	23 April 2009	The tariff 'Track and Save' has been removed from the market.
	09 April 2009	New tariff launched Energy Saver v8.
	09 April 2009	Updated Prices for the Green Energy Tariffs.
	06 April 2009	New tariff launched Sign Online 15 and Web 15 to replace version 14.
	06 April 2009	The tariff 'Price Guarantee 2010' has been removed from the market.
	03 April 2009	Updated tariff rates for WebSaver 2. (new rates effective from 7th of April)
	01 April 2009	Updated prices for low, medium and high user tariffs
	31 March 2009	Updated all historical tariffs including energy extra saver, price protection, energy saver and energy guarantee tariffs.
	27 March 2009	New tariff launch, FixOnline available dual fuel and electricity online for monthly direct debit.
	24 March 2009	Updated prices for the Websaver 2 tariff.
	17 March 2009	Updated prices for Good Energy.
	16 March 2009	Standard, age concern, energy discount v1 and v2 and EnergyOnline product prices have been updated.
	16 March 2009	Price changes to all tariffs for Southern Electric, Scottish Hydro Electric and SWALEC.
	16 March 2009	Price changes to affect all tariffs, excluding sign online 14 and web 14.
	13 March 2009	Capped Price Energy April 2010 has been replaced with Capped Price Energy July 2010
	13 March 2009	Smart Energy online has been replaced by Smart Energy online v2.
	12 March 2009	Energy Online v12 has been replaced with Energy Online v13.
	05 March 2009	Updated prices for standard and online tariffs
	04 March 2009	Updated prices for First:Utility standard rate tariff.
	02 March 2009	Updated prices for all Ebico tariffs. New prices effective 31st March 2009.
	02 March 2009	Updated prices for EDF standard and green tarrifs. Price increase effective from 31st of March.
	20 February 2009	Tariff Websaver 1 has been removed from the market and replaced by Websaver 2. A new fixed price tariff launched, Price Guarantee March 2010, for pixed prices untill the 31st March 2010.
	19 February 2009	Price updates for the 'Track and Save' and 'Energy Guarantee v4-v6' tariffs.
	03 February 2009	Price reduction of 10% on British Gas standard tariffs. The reduction is effective from 19 February 2009.
	03 February 2009	Replaced the Annual Fix V1 tariff with Annual Fix v2 tariff.
	31 January 2009	Removed Price Protector tariff from the market..
	19 January 2009	New Tariff Launched, Annual Fix Version 1 with rates guarenteed till 31 December 2009. All other EDF fixed price tariffs have been removed from the market.
	19 January 2009	Updated Electricity Price for the Standard tariff
	12 January 2009	Price Fixed 2012 removed from the market
	05 January 2009	Scottish Power Price Sure gas prices have been reduced by 10%
	18 December 2008	Click Energy 6 removed from the market New WebSaver 1 tariff launched
	15 December 2008	Updates to the Energy Online Extra Saver V11 tariff, changes to discounts and now available in Manweb, Scottish Power and Swalec regions.
	11 December 2008	Fixed Tariff V3 removed from the market Two new tariffs launched, 'Energy Saver v7' replacing 'Energy Saver v6' and 'Track and Save'
	04 December 2008	Updated first:utility standard and economy 7 tariffs
	04 December 2008	New, reduced prepayment meter prices updated.
	28 November 2008	Removal of all current fixed price products and launch of PoriceSure Energy and Capped Price Energy April 2010.
	28 November 2008	New, reduced prepayment meter prices updated.
	27 November 2008	New, reduced prepayment meter prices updated.
	24 November 2008	New Tariff Launched, Energy Online Extra Saver 11, available dual fuel and electricity only. This tariff has replaced Energy Online Extra Saver 10.
	20 November 2008	Energy Discount v1 has been removed from the market and replaced with Energy Discount v2. Available for Dual fuel and electricity only.
	17 November 2008	New Tariff Launched, Price Freeze 2009
	03 November 2008	Sign Online 13 has been withdrawn. Two new tariffs launched, Sign Online 14 (standard & paperless billing) and Web 14 (Paperless billing).
	31 October 2008	All Tariff's have been removed from the market.
	16 October 2008	New tariff launched, EnergyOnline Extra Saver v10. Existing EnergyOnline Extra Saver v9 has been withdrawn.
	13 October 2008	New tariff launched, Energy Saver V6.
	02 October 2008	Updated prices for standard and standard plus prices.
	02 October 2008	New tariff launched, Fixed Price V3. Price Protection v18 tariff has been withdrawn.
	01 October 2008	New electricity tariff launched, Online Electricity V6. New fixed tariff launched, Price Protection 2010.
	30 September 2008	Click Energy 5 has been removed from the market. Updated prices for Click PAYGE. New tariff launched, Click Energy 6.
	18 September 2008	Age Concern 2 tariffs replace Age Concern tariffs and fixed price v2 removed.
	18 September 2008	Fixed Price 2012 product replaces Fixed Price 2011.
	09 September 2008	Updated prices for the prepayment tariff.
	03 September 2008	Updated the ecotricity prices for the Npower and Scottish Power regions.
	03 September 2008	Updated prices for high, medium and low user tariffs.
	01 September 2008	Good Energy Standard tariff have been updated.
	29 August 2008	All npower prices updated
	29 August 2008	All Scottish Power prices updated
	27 August 2008	Updated the ecotricity green new energy and new energy plus tariffs.
	27 August 2008	Fixed price tariffs have been removed.
	25 August 2008	New prices updated and effective 25th August.Prices for electricity customers will increase by 19.2% (average) and prices for gas customers will increase by 29.2%, and they will be held at the revised levels until at least the start of 2009.
	22 August 2008	Added/updated the following tariffs 'Standard (Energy Plan)', 'Go Green', 'EnergyOnline', 'Energy Discount 2009', 'Age Concern High User' and 'Age Concern'.
	21 August 2008	Removed all tarrifs except Energy Online Extra Saver V8. Added three new tariffs 'Price Protection 2010 (v18)', 'Fixed Price 2009 (v2)' and 'Energy Saver V5'
	20 August 2008	Removed the pre registration Fixed Price Energy Oct 2009 Tariff and added a new Fixed Price 2009 Online tariff.
	18 August 2008	Price updates for all tariffs.
	12 August 2008	New Fixed Price Energy Oct 2009 Tariff launched
	06 August 2008	New Energy Guarantee V6 Tariff launched
	04 August 2008	Green New Energy and New Energy Plus Tariffs have been updated for the London and South East areas
	01 August 2008	All British Gas prices updated. - The Click Energy 5 and Market Tracker prices remain unchanged. - British Gas Price Guarantee December 2009
	01 August 2008	Price Protection 2009 and Energy Saver V4 tariffs removed
	01 August 2008	Standard Tariff and Standard Plus Tariff prices have been updated.
	30 July 2008	Price rise for all EDF Online customers (versions 1 to 5)
	29 July 2008	Fixed Price 2009 tariffs removed
	25 July 2008	Price rise by average of 17% for electricity and 22% for gas.
	25 July 2008	Price Protection 2009 product added
	24 July 2008	Energy Online Extra Saver V7 replaced with V8
	24 July 2008	power One tariff removed
	22 July 2008	Price Protection V16 tariff replaced with V17 Energy Saver V3 tariff replaced with V4
	08 July 2008	New Fixed Discount 2010 product added
	30 June 2008	Sign Online v12 tariff replaced with Sign Online v11
	30 June 2008	New Click Pay As You Go Energy tariff launched.
	26 June 2008	Price Protection V15 tariff replaced with V16 Energy Saver V2 tariff replaced with V3
	21 June 2008	Price Fix 2011 tariff removed
	12 June 2008	Atlantic Online tariffs removed from market All Scottish and Southern brand gas tariffs removed from market
	05 June 2008	Energy Online Extra Saver v6 tariff replaced with v7
	04 June 2008	New Fixed Price Energy 2009 tariffs launched
	02 June 2008	New Energy Saver V2 replaces Energy Saver V1 tariff
	02 June 2008	New Price Protection V15 replaces Price Protection V14 tariff
	01 June 2008	Energy Saver tariff discount change
	30 May 2008	Click Energy 5 tariffs rate change
	29 May 2008	Sign Online tariff rate change
	19 May 2008	New Price Guarantee 2009 product launched
	02 May 2008	Click Energy 5 tariffs rate change
	24 April 2008	New Sign Online v11 tariff replaces Sign Online v10
	14 April 2008	New Energy Saver V1 tariff launched
	14 April 2008	New discounts applied for quarterly variable Direct Debit customers
	14 April 2008	New ONE tariff launched
	28 March 2008	New energy Online Extra Saver v6 products added
	20 March 2008	Prices updated on all tariffs
	18 March 2008	New energy Online Extra Saver v6 products added
	17 March 2008	New Fixed 2009 product
	04 March 2008	Withdrawal of online tariff
	04 March 2008	New prices for Market Tracker product
	02 March 2008	Updated prices for all Ebico tariffs. New prices effective 31st March 2009.
	22 February 2008	New Price Fix 2011 tariff added
	08 February 2008	All E.ON prices updated
	08 February 2008	Click Energy 5 tariff replaces Click Energy 4 tariff.
	02 February 2008	New Scottish Power prices updated. Nex Fixed Price tariffs added.
	01 February 2008	Good Energy prices updated
	24 January 2008	Discounted Energy Tariff added.
	18 January 2008	New EDF prices updated
	18 January 2008	New British Gas standard tariff rates added. New British Gas Price Protection February 2009 product added.
	17 December 2007	New Sign Online v9 replaces Sign Online v8.
	05 December 2007	New prices for Green Energy +10 and Green Energy 100 added.
	04 December 2007	New Price Protection 2009 product added
	12 November 2007	New Better Plan tariff added. Better Plan tariff rewards users who cut consumption.
	08 October 2007	New Powergen Energy Guarantee V3 added.
	01 October 2007	Click Energy 3 replaced with new Click Energy 4 tariff. Priority Response Home Services package available as an add-on option to Click Energy 4 tariffs.
	27 September 2007	New Powergen Energy Online Extra Saver V3 added.
	20 September 2007	Click Energy 3 with Priority Response Home Services package added.
	10 September 2007	New Powergen Age Concern High User tariff added.
	01 September 2007	Price updates across all Utilita tariffs. Tariffs now have a 12 month termrather than a 28 day term.
	01 September 2007	New Online Standard tariff and Online No Standing Charge tariff added.
	31 August 2007	EDF Price Saver 2008 and EDF Price Saver 2008 Green Tariff added.
	24 August 2007	npower has announced the launch of their Sign Online tariff version 8.
	20 August 2007	New Fixed Price 2009 Tariff. Prices fixed at standard prices (as at 30/04/07) until 1st January 2009. Prices will not go up or down during that period even if standard prices are changed.
	31 July 2007	British Gas today announced it is launching two new green energy tariffs, Zero Carbon, which will be the greenest tariff available on the domestic market and Future Energy. British Gas has launched the tariffs, which will be available from 31st July, in response to the increasing demand for green energy products.
	21 July 2007	British Gas Market Tracker released. Market Tracker prices will track wholesale prices via the Heren index, from 1st September 2007 until 31st August 2008. Prices will be set at the beginning of each quarter on the following dates: 4th December 2007, 4th March 2008 and 3rd June 2008, then fixed for the remainder of that quarter.
	16 July 2007	New Energy Online Extra Saver Standing Charge tariff released. The product is available to Dual Fuel customers who pay by direct debit.
	15 July 2007	Economy 7 electricity prices reduced by an average of 5.8% across all regions.
	05 July 2007	New Online Saver 4 Green Fund tariff released.
	01 July 2007	New gas and electricity prices updated.
	26 June 2007	Union Energy prices added to the website. Standard tariffs are available with or without a standing charge.
	15 June 2007	Standard gas prices reduced by 10.2%
	15 June 2007	Price reductions updated. Electricity prices decrease by 5.5% and gas prices decrease by 16.5%.
	14 June 2007	Electricity prices reduced for the standard tariff in the Scottish Power and Manweb regions.
	11 June 2007	New electricity prices updated.
	31 May 2007	New Click Energy 3 tariff released. This replaces the Click Energy 2 tariff.
	14 May 2007	New Go Green tariff released.
	11 May 2007	New Discounted Energy tariff added for comparison only. This tariff replaces the Regional Discounted Electricity tariff.
	01 May 2007	New gas and electricity prices updated.
	30 April 2007	New gas and electricity prices updated for Standard and Age Concern tariffs. Price decrease announced for Standard tariffs are 16% for gas and 5% for electricity.
	30 April 2007	Standard gas prices reduced by 16%, electricity prices reduced by 3%. This reduction also applies to the npower "Juice" tariff.
	27 April 2007	Price reductions updated for the EnergyGuarantee, ElectricityGuarantee and GasGuarantee tariff. This price drop is quoted to be "keeping the promise and reducing prices in line with the guarantee".
	26 April 2007	Standard and Price Guarantee 2008 Tariff prices reduced. Electricity prices decreased by 6% and gas prices decreased by 3%. Existing customer prices decreased for the Click Energy 1 Tariff.
	18 April 2007	New Price Fall Tariff released. The Price Fall tariff is available with or without a standing charge. Online billing is also an option.
	12 April 2007	New gas and electricity prices updates for the EnergyGuarantee, ElectricityGuarantee andGasGuaranteer tariff.
	01 April 2007	New electricity prices updated for the EDF Green Tariff.
	26 March 2007	New gas and electricity prices updated for Energy Online, Electricity Online & Greenplan tariff.
	23 March 2007	New capped tariffs announced (capped until May 2008). New tariff replaces Price Guarantee and Price Stepper products.
	16 March 2007	New Online Energy Saver 3 product launched to replace Online Energy Saver 2.
	12 March 2007	All new British Gas prices update: Standard tariff prices updated Click Energy 2 prices added Price Guarantee 2008 prices added (new tariff)
	12 March 2007	New gas unit rates for the Click Energy 2 tariff.
	12 March 2007	New electricity unit rates for the Click Energy 2 tariff.
	09 March 2007	New gas and electricity prices added for Utilita. Tariffs available are EnergySaver, EnergySaverPlus, PlanetSaver and Standard
	01 March 2007	New electricity prices updated.
	01 March 2007	Online version 5 tariff now available.
	01 March 2007	Atlantic standard and internet tariffs updated. Gas prices reduced by 12% Electricity prices reduced by 5%
	01 March 2007	New gas and electricity prices updated. Gas prices reduced by 12% Electricity prices reduced by 5%
	27 February 2007	New tariffs available: EnergyOnline Extra Saver 2 ElectricityOnline Extra Saver 2 Price Protection 2010 (version 12)
	19 February 2007	New increased discount structure for existing tariffs has been applied.
	15 February 2007	New tariffs available: EnergyGuarantee ElectricityGuarantee GasGuaranteer
	08 February 2007	New tariffs available: EnergyOnline Extra Saver ElectricityOnline Extra Saver
	31 January 2007	Sign Online Tariff reverts back from version 7 to version 6 prices. Existing Sign Online customers will remain on version 7 prices.
	17 January 2007	Ideal from Lloyds TSB has now closed. Customers receiving their energy from Lloyds TSB will be transferred over to Scottish Power.
	16 January 2007	New increased prompt pay discount of 4.3% off the total quarterly bill. This discount is available to customers who pay by quarterly cash and cheque and pay their bills within 10 days of receiving it.
	12 January 2007	Standard gas only tariff now available.
	08 January 2007	New gas and electricity prices updated for "Click Energy" and "Regional Discounted Electricity" tariff.
	02 January 2007	New Online Version 5.1 tariff released, available in the Southern region.
	27 December 2006	New Gas Guardian 2008 tariff added for comparisons only. This replaces the old Gas Guardian tariff from 1st Jan 2007.
	13 December 2006	New Online Energy Saver 2 tariff released.
	28 November 2006	New 2010 Price Guarantee and 2010 Price Stepper tarrifs available.
	16 November 2006	New gas & electricity prices updated for the Powergen Price Protection 2010 tariff.
	06 November 2006	New Energy Online Winter Saver and Electricity Online Winter Saver tariffs released.
	06 June 2006	New Online Energy Saver 4 tariff released. This replaces the Online Energy Saver 3 tariff.