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Industrial electricity prices in Britain (pence/kWh)
Size of consumer	1996	1997	1998	1999
Small*	6.058	5.725	5.575	5.377
Medium**	4.573	4.289	4.247	4.193
Large***	3.496	3.296	3.295	3.267
Average	3.916	3.687	3.667	3.623
small consumer uses less than 880 (thousand kWh), * medium consumer uses 880-8,800 (thousand kWh), ***large consumer uses more than 8,800 (thousand kWh)
Source: Department of Trade & Industry — Digest of Energy Statistics

Industrial gas prices in Britain (pence/kWh)
Size of consumer	1996	1997	1998	1999
Small*	0.937	0.896	0.920	0.884
Medium**	0.661	0.696	0.746	0.729
Large***	0.433	0.478	0.530	0.513
Average	0.464	0.509	0.560	0.546
firm contract	0.512	0.564	0.633	0.605
interruptible	0.416	0.452	0.498	0.487
tarriff	1.346	1.280	-	-
small consumer uses less than 1,500 (thousand kWh), medium consumer uses 1,500-8,800 (thousand kWh), ** large consumer uses more than 8,800 (thousand kWh)
Note: respondents puchasing more than one type of supply (tarriff, firm contract and interruptible contract) are treated as separate entities in respect of each type of supply Source: Department of Trade & Industry - Digest of Energy Statistics

Tendering methods employed by electricity users (per cent)
	100kW-1MW	Over 1MW
Energy broker	37.5	76.2
Letter	27.5	50.8
Email	2.5	48.8
Fax	5.0	44.4
Phone	7.5	25.0
Other	0	15.2
Internet	0	5.3
Source: Datamonitor Major Energy Users Database