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Can someone explain the new enrgy price cap, please?

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Gingerkittykat · 08/09/2022 17:10

This article on the BBC once again talks about a typical household and I'm finding it difficult to work out what it means to me.

My bills were £50 a month each for gas and electricity so what percentage increase should I prepare for?

Will our bills still rise in October but at a lesser rate than we were expecting or is it capped at the price it is now?

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PizzaFunghi · 09/09/2022 08:39

Does anyone know if there were any announcements about communal heating schemes? I know they said there's be extra help for those who use other forms of heating like LPG and heating oil, but they didn't mention district heating (which they usually do when they talk about 'other forms'). The government had really been pushing that kind of heating for new buildings, as it's more eco-friendly, but it's not covered by the price cap and we seem to be forgotten in all the annoucements - our billing company says that's totally up to the management company to decide what to charge us, no caps, and can change at any time! We still don't know the price from October.

workinitout · 09/09/2022 08:52

PizzaFunghi · 09/09/2022 08:39

Does anyone know if there were any announcements about communal heating schemes? I know they said there's be extra help for those who use other forms of heating like LPG and heating oil, but they didn't mention district heating (which they usually do when they talk about 'other forms'). The government had really been pushing that kind of heating for new buildings, as it's more eco-friendly, but it's not covered by the price cap and we seem to be forgotten in all the annoucements - our billing company says that's totally up to the management company to decide what to charge us, no caps, and can change at any time! We still don't know the price from October.

I suggest you follow Martin Lewis
(MartinSLewis) onTwitter because he seems to be asking for and getting answers to this sort of thing and publishing them.

Littlefish · 09/09/2022 09:17

We have oil heating & hot water, not gas. Does anyone know if the cap applies?

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