2008 Energy Price Updates

This page gives historical details of gas and electricity price rises and falls as they were announced by the gas suppliers and electricity suppliers during the year 2008.

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2008 Gas & Electricity Price Update History

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Supplier & Date	Description
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	New, reduced prepayment meter prices updated.
04 December 2008	Updated first:utility standard and economy 7 tariffs
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03 November 2008	Sign Online 13 has been withdrawn.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).
15 October 2008	New tariff launched, EnergyOnline Extra Saver v10. Existing EnergyOnline Extra Saver v9 has been withdrawn.
12 October 2008	New tariff launched, Energy Saver V6.
01 October 2008	Updated prices for standard and standard plus prices.
01 October 2008	New tariff launched, Fixed Price V3. Price Protection v18 tariff has been withdrawn.
30 September 2008	New electricity tariff launched, Online Electricity V6. New fixed tariff launched, Price Protection 2010.
29 September 2008	Click Energy 5 has been removed from the market. Updated prices for Click PAYGE. New tariff launched, Click Energy 6.
17 September 2008	Fixed Price 2012 product replaces Fixed Price 2011.
17 September 2008	Age Concern 2 tariffs replace Age Concern tariffs and fixed price v2 removed.
08 September 2008	Updated prices for the prepayment tariff.
02 September 2008	Updated prices for high, medium and low user tariffs.
02 September 2008	Updated the ecotricity prices for the Npower and Scottish Power regions.
31 August 2008	Good Energy Standard tariff have been updated.
28 August 2008	All npower prices updated
28 August 2008	All Scottish Power prices updated
26 August 2008	Fixed price tariffs have been removed.
26 August 2008	Updated the ecotricity green new energy and new energy plus tariffs.
24 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.
21 August 2008	Added/updated the following tariffs 'Standard (Energy Plan)', 'Go Green', 'EnergyOnline', 'Energy Discount 2009', 'Age Concern High User' and 'Age Concern'.
20 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'
19 August 2008	Removed the pre registration Fixed Price Energy Oct 2009 Tariff and added a new Fixed Price 2009 Online tariff.
17 August 2008	Price updates for all tariffs.
11 August 2008	New Fixed Price Energy Oct 2009 Tariff launched
05 August 2008	New Energy Guarantee V6 Tariff launched
03 August 2008	Green New Energy and New Energy Plus Tariffs have been updated for the London and South East areas
31 July 2008	Standard Tariff and Standard Plus Tariff prices have been updated.
31 July 2008	All British Gas prices updated. The Click Energy 5 and Market Tracker prices remain unchanged. British Gas Price Guarantee December 2009
31 July 2008	Price Protection 2009 and Energy Saver V4 tariffs removed
29 July 2008	Price rise for all EDF Online customers (versions 1 to 5)
28 July 2008	Fixed Price 2009 tariffs removed
24 July 2008	Price Protection 2009 product added
24 July 2008	Price rise by average of 17% for electricity and 22% for gas.
23 July 2008	Energy Online Extra Saver V7 replaced with V8
23 July 2008	power One tariff removed
21 July 2008	Price Protection V16 tariff replaced with V17 Energy Saver V3 tariff replaced with V4
07 July 2008	New Fixed Discount 2010 product added
29 June 2008	New Click Pay As You Go Energy tariff launched.
29 June 2008	Sign Online v12 tariff replaced with Sign Online v11
25 June 2008	Price Protection V15 tariff replaced with V16 Energy Saver V2 tariff replaced with V3
20 June 2008	Price Fix 2011 tariff removed
11 June 2008	Atlantic Online tariffs removed from market All Scottish and Southern brand gas tariffs removed from market
04 June 2008	Energy Online Extra Saver v6 tariff replaced with v7
03 June 2008	New Fixed Price Energy 2009 tariffs launched
01 June 2008	New Price Protection V15 replaces Price Protection V14 tariff
01 June 2008	New Energy Saver V2 replaces Energy Saver V1 tariff
31 May 2008	Energy Saver tariff discount change
29 May 2008	Click Energy 5 tariffs rate change
28 May 2008	Sign Online tariff rate change
18 May 2008	New Price Guarantee 2009 product launched
01 May 2008	Click Energy 5 tariffs rate change
23 April 2008	New Sign Online v11 tariff replaces Sign Online v10
13 April 2008	New ONE tariff launched
13 April 2008	New discounts applied for quarterly variable Direct Debit customers
13 April 2008	New Energy Saver V1 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	Click Energy 5 tariff replaces Click Energy 4 tariff.
08 February 2008	All E.ON prices updated
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.