The average annual dual fuel energy bill for UK households could rise to £1925 when a new price cap takes effect in April. What can the government do to protect people?
By 7 February, Ofgem, the energy regulator for England, Scotland and Wales, will announce a new level for a regulated price cap that protects 15 million customers. When it takes effect in April, the average annual dual fuel energy bill could rise to £1925, a phenomenal 50 per cent jump, according to analysts Cornwall Insight.
The consequences of an unmitigated rise that steep will be “an avalanche” of people falling into debt or rationing heating, saysat fuel poverty charity National Energy Action. For those who cut down on heating, “it’s damp, it’s cold, you will get ill, your children won’t be able to do home schooling, you won’t be productive if you’re trying to work from home”, he says.
That is why the UK government is talking to the energy industry about short-term ways to mitigate the increase. Energy minister Kwasi Kwarteng met industry figures on 5 January, but the government has been silent on its plans. There is little debate it has to act – the question is how. Cutting the 5 per cent VAT on energy bills has garnered a lot of attention, as it has been pushed by both the opposition
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