Winter will be harder for many households because they have less financial resilience to deal with high energy bills, MPs have been told.
Charities said that energy debts were higher than a year ago and people were making “dangerous choices” as they tried to keep bills down.
That included people cooking on barbecues, to avoid using gas.
That included people cooking on barbecues, to avoid using gas.
Energy regulator Ofgem’s price cap, which affects 29 million households in England, Wales and Scotland, means a home using a typical amount of gas and electricity and paying by direct debit currently pays £2,074.
This will fall to £1,923 between 1 October and 31 December.
Specifically, the price of gas will fall from 7.5p per kilowatt hour (kWh) now to 6.89p for the final three months of the year. The price of electricity will fall from 30.1p per kWh to 27.35p.
Domestic energy bills will be lower than the £2,500 a year paid last winter and spring, when the government stepped in to limit further rises. Prices rose following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Winter will be harder for many households because they have less financial resilience to deal with high energy bills, MPs have been told.
That included people cooking on barbecues, to avoid using gas.
Charities said that energy debts were higher than a year ago and people were making “dangerous choices” as they tried to keep bills down.
Energy regulator Ofgem’s price cap, which affects 29 million households in England, Wales and Scotland, means a home using a typical amount of gas and electricity and paying by direct debit currently pays £2,074.
That included people cooking on barbecues, to avoid using gas.
That included people cooking on barbecues, to avoid using gas.
Energy regulator Ofgem’s price cap, which affects 29 million households in England, Wales and Scotland, means a home using a typical amount of gas and electricity and paying by direct debit currently pays £2,074.
This will fall to £1,923 between 1 October and 31 December.
Specifically, the price of gas will fall from 7.5p per kilowatt hour (kWh) now to 6.89p for the final three months of the year. The price of electricity will fall from 30.1p per kWh to 27.35p.
Domestic energy bills will be lower than the £2,500 a year paid last winter and spring, when the government stepped in to limit further rises. Prices rose following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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