Price cap ⬇12% from April

66Mustang
66Mustang Online Community Member Posts: 15,408 Championing
edited February 2024 in Money and bills
I didn't see it mentioned so just thought I'd post it here in case anyone was not aware

The energy price cap is going down by around 12% for the April - June period

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  • Jimm_Alumni
    Jimm_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 5,713 Championing
    I can only thank that it's not going up, but 12% isn't much of a drop after how high the prices have risen the past few years.

    And as it gets warmer, so we use less gas, they're upping the standing charges as @Beaver79 mentions so they aren't going down by as much as they could. The average household will still be pay £400 extra a year on energy compared to 2 years ago (Feb 2022). Or if you prefer a percentage, about 32% more than they were in Feb 2022.
  • michael57
    michael57 Online Community Member Posts: 2,647 Championing
    shareholders have to make money on there investments trouble is most who own stakes in these companies are foreign countries time to leave the G out of GB  
  • JessieJ
    JessieJ Online Community Member Posts: 1,366 Championing
    Disgusting the standing charge is going up, but we're still having to pay for those companies that went out of business. It is quite crazy that hypothetically, if you were to leave your property entirely switched off for a month, you'd still be billed.

    It's about time it was scrapped & the price per kWh went up & we pay for what we use, it actually wouldn't have to go up by much to cover it.
  • michael57
    michael57 Online Community Member Posts: 2,647 Championing
    JessieJ said:
    Disgusting the standing charge is going up, but we're still having to pay for those companies that went out of business. It is quite crazy that hypothetically, if you were to leave your property entirely switched off for a month, you'd still be billed.

    It's about time it was scrapped & the price per kWh went up & we pay for what we use, it actually wouldn't have to go up by much to cover it.
    i would say they will scrape the standing charge eventually but the cost of electric will go up more than the standing charge hence boosting there dividends a bit more 
  • Jimm_Alumni
    Jimm_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 5,713 Championing
    I'd be surprised if the standing charge was scrapped. It's basically free money for them. You're basically renting the meter, whether you use gas/electricity or not.
  • JessieJ
    JessieJ Online Community Member Posts: 1,366 Championing
    Who knows if they'll scrap the standing charge or not, it seems most people think it should be.

    Here's the new Ofgem rates for April to June wherever you are...

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