Originally asked as: "How much time did you spend on this? Please include all time you spent gathering up the information, looking through bills, checking your energy usage, and the details of the tariff you were on."
Base consists of people who checked their existing usage and/or tariff.
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Time spent by United Kingdom (UK) consumers researching their own energy use 2014
In this survey, consumers who have been researching their own energy usage or tariff have been asked how much time they had to spent finding the information, in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2014. More than a fifth of the respondents said they have spent over three hours finding this information, at 22 percent.
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Cabinet Office UK. (February 2, 2015). Amount of time consumers spent researching their own energy usage and tariff in the United Kingdom (UK) 2014 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 31, 2026, from /statistics/467618/time-spent-finding-own-energy-usage-information-uk/
Cabinet Office UK. "Amount of time consumers spent researching their own energy usage and tariff in the United Kingdom (UK) 2014." Chart. February 2, 2015. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 31, 2026. /statistics/467618/time-spent-finding-own-energy-usage-information-uk/
Cabinet Office UK. (2015). Amount of time consumers spent researching their own energy usage and tariff in the United Kingdom (UK) 2014. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 31, 2026. /statistics/467618/time-spent-finding-own-energy-usage-information-uk/
Cabinet Office UK. "Amount of Time Consumers Spent Researching Their Own Energy Usage and Tariff in The United Kingdom (Uk) 2014." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 2 Feb 2015, /statistics/467618/time-spent-finding-own-energy-usage-information-uk/
Cabinet Office UK, Amount of time consumers spent researching their own energy usage and tariff in the United Kingdom (UK) 2014 ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/467618/time-spent-finding-own-energy-usage-information-uk/ (last visited July 31, 2026)
Amount of time consumers spent researching their own energy usage and tariff in the United Kingdom (UK) 2014 [Graph], Cabinet Office UK, February 2, 2015. [Online]. Available: /statistics/467618/time-spent-finding-own-energy-usage-information-uk/
