Electricity Prices Explained: Download our Spring 2026 summary guide
Today, we’ve released the Spring 2026 edition of our Electricity Prices Explained guide. Exclusive to customers and partners, this guide explores changes to electricity costs and describes the key drivers.
If you’re not a Drax Energy Solutions customer, you can download our summary guide below. The summary guide includes our views on the power wholesale and non-commodity costs for 2026-27, and some key findings from the full guide. During the current period of wholesale market volatility, readers should be aware that costs and forecasts change rapidly.
There have been various updates since our Autumn 2025 edition, as well as continued uncertainty around new costs. The Nuclear Regulated Asset Base (RAB) charge came into effect in December 2025, while transmission network costs and The Energy Intensive Industries Support Levy (EII SL), will increase in April 2026.
Download our summary guide for:
- A markets and policy update
- A cost breakdown of the energy bill for 2026-27
- Forecasted trends of key third party costs (TPCs)
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