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Price cap falling tomorrow ‘welcome’ but energy bills ‘remain punishingly high’
Post on 30th Jun 2025
The energy price cap will fall 7% from tomorrow (1 July). This means a typical household will pay £1,720 a year, down from £1,849.
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UK
Content Type:Media Press Releases
Warm Home Discount expansion: ‘positive’ but ‘far from sturdy’
Post on 18th Jun 2025
The government has announced an expansion of the Warm Home Discount, meaning that it will go to all households on means-tested benefits this winter.
Nation / Region:
UK
Content Type:Media Press Releases
Energy bills to fall 7% from July
Post on 23rd May 2025
Ofgem announced on Friday 23 May that the energy price cap will fall 7% from July. This means a typical household will pay £1,720 a year, down from £1,849.
Nation / Region:
UK
Content Type:Media Press Releases
Ofgem consultation on low or no standing charge tariffs response
Post on 20th Feb 2025
Ofgem has launched a consultation on requiring suppliers to offer low or no standing charge tariffs to their customers. Peter Smith, Director of Policy and Advocacy at fuel poverty charity National Energy Action, (NEA) comments.
Nation / Region:
UK
Content Type:News
Almost half of adults are likely to ration their energy this winter – as bills RISE again
Post on 30th Sep 2024
Tomorrow (1 October) the price cap rises 10%. A new survey by fuel poverty charity National Energy Action and YouGov finds almost half of adults in GB (46%) say they are likely to ration their energy use this winter.
Nation / Region:
UK
Content Type:News
October energy bill rise to plunge 400,000 more UK households into fuel poverty this winter
Post on 23rd Aug 2024
As Ofgem announces the new price cap today (Friday 23 August), fuel poverty charity National Energy Action’s figures show the number of UK households in fuel poverty will rise to 6 million from October.
Content Type:News
Price cap predicted to rise: Charity warns households ‘will go into winter with less support and higher energy bills’
Post on 19th Aug 2024
Energy sector consultancy Cornwall Insight has predicted that the October price cap level will rise for a ‘typical’ household, ahead of winter when energy use is higher.
Nation / Region:
UK
Content Type:News
Price cap is falling, but 5.6 million UK households continue to struggle with energy bills
Post on 24th May 2024
Today (Friday 24 May), the energy regulator Ofgem announced that the level of the price cap from July to September will fall by £122 to £1,568 per year for a typical household.
Nation / Region:
UK
Content Type:News
Over £3 billion energy debt wipes out price cap drop for millions of customers
Post on 30th Mar 2024
Fuel poverty charity National Energy Action says that despite the price cap falling £238 a year for typical households from April, 2.3 million households are on average paying more than at the height of the crisis because of energy debt.
Nation / Region:
UK
Content Type:News