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 "version": 1,
 "publisher": "Heat & Timber",
 "license": "https://heatandtimber.com/license.xml",
 "terms": "https://heatandtimber.com/ai",
 "attribution": "Source: Heat & Timber, https://heatandtimber.com/uk/running-cost-calculator",
 "disclosure": "Heat & Timber earns a commission from some of the shops it lists and, on its US finders, from Amazon, at no extra cost to the buyer.",
 "license_scope": "This licence covers Heat & Timber's own work: the compilation, classifications, computed values and texts. Excerpts from shops (evidence), shop, brand and product names, product photos and the texts of legislation and model codes belong to their owners and are not covered.",
 "notes": {
  "content": "Ofgem energy price cap for electricity paid by Direct Debit (England, Scotland and Wales), for every period we know. The period that contains a date applies to that date; product pages use the period of the day they were built.",
  "updates": "Files are rebuilt after each data run, several times a day."
 },
 "source": "Ofgem, Energy price cap: average unit rate and standing charge, Direct Debit, England, Scotland and Wales",
 "source_url": "https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/your-energy-supply/your-energy-bill/energy-price-cap-unit-rates-and-standing-charges",
 "source_licence": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.",
 "checked_on": "2026-10-05",
 "note": "There is no VAT on electricity from 1 October 2026 to 31 March 2027.",
 "periods": [
  {
   "from": "2026-07-01",
   "to": "2026-09-30",
   "unit_rate_pence_per_kwh": 26.11,
   "standing_charge_pence_per_day": 57.19
  },
  {
   "from": "2026-10-01",
   "to": "2026-12-31",
   "unit_rate_pence_per_kwh": 26.32,
   "standing_charge_pence_per_day": 54.83
  }
 ],
 "formula": "cost per hour = power in kW x unit rate per kWh; the standing charge is paid per day whatever the use and is not part of the cost per hour",
 "default_usage": {
  "hours_per_session": 1.5,
  "sessions_per_week": 3,
  "share_at_full_power_percent": 100
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 "calculator": "https://heatandtimber.com/uk/running-cost-calculator"
}