ELECTRICITY: NORTH EAST
Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the average cost per kilowatt hour of electricity used by industrial users in the North East was in each year since 1997. [185137]
Gregory Barker, Minister of State for Climate Change: Data on average industrial electricity costs in the UK for each year from 1997 to 2012 are shown in the following table. Data is not available for individual regions.
| Cost p/kWh | |
| 1997 | 3.69 |
| 1998 | 3.67 |
| 1999 | 3.62 |
| 2000 | 3.47 |
| 2001 | 3.13 |
| 2002 | 2.98 |
| 2003 | 2.87 |
| 2004 | 3.13 |
| 2005 | 4.24 |
| 2006 | 5.51 |
| 2007 | 5.45 |
| 2008 | 6.84 |
| 2009 | 7.27 |
| 2010 | 6.51 |
| 2011 | 6.92 |
| 2012 | 7.34 |