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Energy bills to fall by £238 as new price cap revealed (inews.co.uk)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It could be reported alongside the yearly igure, in brackets, or a greyed out "*" note. I would write it like "Ofgem have announced the new energy price cap to be 30p per kWh for electricity and 7p per kWh for gas, making an average household bill to amount to £1638 per year" I don't think that would be confusing.

What I find more frustrating is even after having spent some time searching I couldn't find the actual kWh figures.

Saying that, I just foudn what I was looking for :) https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications/changes-energy-price-cap-between-1-april-30-june-2024

Energy price cap rates 1 April to 30 June 2024 Electricity rates

If you are on a standard variable tariff (default tariff) and pay for your electricity by Direct Debit, you will pay on average 24.50 pence per kilowatt hour (kWh). The daily standing charge is 60.10 pence per day. This is based on the average across England, Scotland and Wales and includes VAT. Gas rates

If you are on a standard variable tariff (default tariff) and pay for your gas by Direct Debit, you will pay on average 6.04 pence per kilowatt hour (kWh). The daily standard charge is 31.43 pence per day. This is based on the average across England, Scotland and Wales and includes VAT.

Read about typical household energy use and how the energy price cap is calculated on our Average gas and electricity use explained page.

View and compare 1 April to 30 June 2024 and 1 January to 21 March 2024 Energy price cap standing charges and unit rates by region.

You can also get and compare all the Energy price cap (default tariff) levels.

However this says "average", and I now understand why they announce it like they do.

The price cap is different per region! https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/information-consumers/energy-advice-households/get-energy-price-cap-standing-charges-and-unit-rates-region

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Fuck you if you don't live in or near London I guess

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

You noticed that too right. The 33% difference in standing charge from north and south seems very much like "fuck you" indeed.