Electricity and gas imports and cost

Release date:
17 June 2025

FOI reference: FOI-2025-2880

You asked

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I request the following information: 

  1. Statistical data on the volume and cost of electricity and gas imported into the UK over the past 12 months.
  2. The average cost per kWh at which energy is imported and sold to UK energy suppliers.
  3. Any available data on profit margins or mark-ups applied between import and resale.
  4. A breakdown of energy sources (e.g., nuclear, gas, wind, solar) in the import and resale chain.

We said

Thank you for your request. 

Unfortunately, we do not hold the information you have requested. 

We do not produce any statistics on trade by volume, however HMRC may be better suited to help you as they collect these data. They can be contacted at foi.request@hmrc.gov.uk.

We do receive electricity and gas prices from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) but this does not disaggregate out any imported elements. The data we receive also do not attribute the source method of generation. DESNZ can be contacted at foi.requests@energysecurity.gov.uk and have also published this Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES) 2024 statistical release (PDF, 15.0MB), which may be of interest to you.

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