What makes up your energy bill?

YOUR ENERGY: FROM SOURCE TO SWITCH Wholesale energy costs $557-43 2% of the total bill Network costs $299-23 2% or of the total bill Operating costs *160-12-4% or of the total bill Government costs $212-16-4% of the total bill Renewables support 2% Energy efficiency schemes: 7% Cost of carbon: 1.2% Social programmes: 0.9% Co. Feed in tariffs: 0.6% VAT VAT: 5% Supplier profit MPOwer) 61or 4.8% of the total bill Total dual fuel bill 4.8% Wholesale energy costs 43.2% Supplier profit Total bill Governent costs £1,289 16.4% 12.4% Network cests 23.2% Operating cests Breakdown of an average npower dual fuel energy bill based on Ofgem standard annual consumption of 16,500KWh gas and 3,300kWh electricity - March 2013.