Written question asked by Lord Barker of Battle (Conservative) on Thursday, 25 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 30 March 2010. It was answered by David Kidney (Labour) on Tuesday, 30 March 2010 on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

Energy: Prices

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his most recent estimate is of the cost per unit to the customer of domestic gas and electricity in each year from 2010 to 2020.

Answer: The Department does not make forecasts of gas and electricity retail prices since the Government do not take a view of what prices will be set in competitive markets.However, the Department uses a range of assumptions of the future wholesale prices of fossil fuels in the DECC energy model representing different scenarios for future wholesale prices. The most recent published results of the DECC model projections including retail prices were published with the Low Carbon Transition Plan:"http://www.decc.gov.uk/media/viewfile.ashx?filepath=statistics/proJections/1_20090715101435_e_@@_tablee.xls&filetype=4"A copy of the Low Carbon Transition Plan projections will be placed in the Libraries of the House.

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