Posted on 08/25/2022 6:46:10 AM PDT by george76
As many as half of British households may be facing fuel poverty because of the inexorable rise in energy prices, EDF, the French utility that also has business in the UK, has warned.
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The UK's energy market regulator Ofgem is set to announce the latest energy price cap this week, which will see electricity bills for millions of Britons rise considerably.
The price cap, aimed to protect households from excessively high bills by capping the price increases that providers can pass on to them, normally gets adjusted twice a year.
In April this year, the cap was raised by more than 50%, doubling the number of fuel-stressed households in the UK overnight. But the UK hasn't seen the worst of its cost-of-living crisis as energy bills were expected to soar by another 42% in October when the energy regulator will raise the energy price cap again.
But the adjustment looks like it would be even higher than previously expected, with the latest forecasts seeing bills topping 6,500 pounds annually for millions of households next year, all because of higher natural gas prices. This is equivalent to about $7,600 per year.
(Excerpt) Read more at oilprice.com ...
It’s what you get for relying on green unicorn farts for your energy needs.
Don’t feel a bit sorry. Just reality getting its revenge - as it always does.
“They need only blame their politicians for not tapping those resources.”
And who elected those politicians?
“And who elected those politicians?”
Whoever rigged the elections.
And who allowed those elections to be rigged?
“And who allowed those elections to be rigged?”
I’m blaming racism and climate change. Also, a lack of mRNA vaccinations led to this problem.
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