Household energy bills fall but may not go much lower

Energy prices will fall for 21 million households in England, Scotland and Wales on Tuesday, but uncertainty continues whether the costs will fall for the winter.

A household invoice that uses a typical amount of gas and electricity decreases £ 11 per month under GEM’s latest price limit regulator.

While Billpayers welcomed 7% interruption, Bills is still concerned about it will still be difficult later in the year when it was colder and darker.

People are encouraged to shop to see if a fixed agreement that can provide more accuracy on payments is more appropriate.

It is difficult to predict the future aspect of prices, and the last uncertainty in the Middle East led to concerns that energy costs may increase.

However, energy consultancy analysts Cornwall Insight envisaged a 1% decrease in October.

This will receive an annual bill for a household -use -use household -use -typical amount of gas and electricity – but Cornwall Insight said that it is “an important uncertainty” in estimates.

He also noted that there are hundreds of pounds on pre -pandemic prices, and there are a few signs that prices have fallen in the next few years.

Ofgem calls people to think about fixed -priced agreements. However, a fixed agreement determines only the unit speed. Real household people’s invoices depend on how much energy is used.

Ofgem General Manager Jonathan Brearley said the BBC’s program should be “international gas prices away from this Rollercoaster”.

On Tuesday, the regulator said that Mr. Brearley had given a temporary approval to an investment of 24 billion pounds to raise the British energy infrastructure, which he said “will create a much more stable energy system”.

However, the regulator said that the bills will increase by 2031 to £ 104 to meet the cost of this investment.

At this time of the year, heating is usually closed, so families are usually the cost of cooking, especially Food prices are increasing sharply.

Nadina Hill, two part -time working in the Emergency Service Control Room, is trying to keep it above cooking and energy costs.

“This is a struggle, because the price of everything is always increasing,” said 45 -year -old.

He attended an eight -week course with his 14 -year -old daughter Gracie and taught them to cook healthy foods cheaper.

The Community Kitchen, directed by Stevenage Football Club Foundation, helped hundreds of families and focuses on menus with £ 1 or less costly portions.

Hannah Marsh, the head of health and welfare in the foundation, included key tips:

• Using recipes such as pizza in a pan to avoid having to use the oven
• Some of them later frozen cast baking dishes
• Planning and budgeting for what to cook during the week
• Thinking of using tin or frozen vegetables that may be cheaper

Gracie said that even domestic rabbit cloves and guinea pigs, miles and patches benefited from the course.

“Instead of wasting all the peels and putting them in the trash, we would give them as a treatment,” he said.

Every three months, Price limit of the regulator It adjusts a maximum that suppliers can charge for each energy unit that applies to everyone who is a variable tariff in England, Scotland and Wales. The price limit is not valid in Northern Ireland, which has its own energy market.

Ofgem shows the change in prices by showing the effect on the annual invoice for a household who uses a typical amount of energy and pays directly with the bank. This fell £ 129, fell to £ 1,720.

Those with prestige meters pay a little less with a typical invoice of £ 1,672, while people who pay cash or check invoice pay more with a typical invoice of £ 1,855.

Prices are still higher than Covid pandemi. This means that people have to adapt their lifestyles and financing.

Her husband Mark and her two children, Anwen and Hywel and Jenny David, who lives in Bridgend, said that the family was working new ways to save.

” [our] The new norm said, “You don’t realize you’re doing something.”

He is working in a nurse and her husband’s family’s kitchen and bathroom.

They invested in an atmosphere and planned their shops meticulously. Jenny said he was accustomed to being active, but attended the weekly free open -air fitness course to save the gym membership and the cost of lessons.

Another strategy to manage energy expenditures is that households provide regular counter -reading to suppliers, and to ensure that companies receive the right rate from energy use.

The latest changes mean variable tariffs for a customer who pays directly by debt:

• Gas prices are limited to an average of 6.33p per kilowatt hour (KWH) below 6.99p.
• Electricity was closed with 25.73p per kWh from 27.03p
• The standing fees vary according to the region, but has dropped from 53.8p to 51.37pa.
• Fees standing for gas fell from 32.67p to 29.82pa for gas

The regulator thinks of changes in the standing system, but this Discussions on how they work.

Opposition to the government’s decision to limit the suitability for winter fuel payment last year A U -turn from Prime Minister and Chancellor.

The return means that 75% of retirees in England and Wales will receive payment in the winter of 2025, and the rules will be similar in Scotland.

From this winter, paying £ 200 or £ 300 per retired house will go to those with an annual income of £ 35,000 or less.

The hot home discount worth £ 150 will also be extended this winter.

Anyone with the tools tested advantages will automatically see that the money is stealing the bills, no matter which property they live in.

Additional reporting by brother Smitton