UK Energy Bills Set to Rise Again in April, Sparking Concern

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Households across the UK are bracing for another increase in energy costs as the regulator Ofgem has announced that the energy price cap will rise by 6.4% from April. This means the average annual energy bill will climb to £1,849, a figure that has exceeded analysts’ predictions. The government and campaigners have called the hike “worrying” 

 

“You made a promise Energy Bills would come down” Now UK Energy prices set to rise by a whopping 6.4% come April. More business will go bust, more people will be broke & freezing.

🇬🇧 “You made a promise Energy Bills would come down”

Now UK Energy prices set to rise by a whopping 6.4% come April.

More business will go bust, more people will be broke & freezing. pic.twitter.com/WThRKbUhsS

— Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) February 25, 2025

 

The energy price cap, which is reviewed every three months, limits the amount suppliers can charge per unit of energy. The latest adjustment will affect approximately 22 million households across England, Wales, and Scotland. Ofgem has advised consumers to explore fixed tariffs as a potential way to shield themselves from further increases.  

 

The repeated price hikes have led to widespread frustration, with campaign groups urging the government to step up support for struggling households. Simon Francis, coordinator of the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, emphasized the importance of targeted assistance, particularly for vulnerable consumers.  

 

“Ministers are right to be focused on improving the Warm Home Discount scheme and on energy debt, which continues at record levels because households have to find more even money to use the same amount of energy,” he said.  

 

Caroline Simpson, campaign manager at Warm This Winter, called the increase “devastating” and placed blame on energy companies profiting from the crisis.  

 

She argued that firms such as Centrica and Norwegian-owned Equinor, the UK’s largest gas supplier, are capitalizing on high prices while millions struggle. “It is therefore crucial that the government presses on with plans to fix this broken system and boost our energy security by rapidly increasing our supply of homegrown clean energy to free us from expensive gas and bring down bills for everyone for good,” she said.

 

Tim Jarvis, Ofgem’s markets director general, acknowledged the difficulties consumers face, calling the rise “very unwelcome.” He explained that the regulator was forced to act due to substantial increases in wholesale gas prices.  

 

“This is further evidence, to be honest, that we need to move away from that reliance on international gas and start looking at domestically generated energy,” he told Sky News Breakfast presenter Wilfred Frost.  

 

Jarvis reiterated Ofgem’s full support for the government’s target to transition to clean power by 2030, calling the goal “realistic.”  

 

“It’s a big push. It’s one of the government’s missions. And so we are putting everything we can into it. We need to move away from being a price taker. And I think being able to rely on our own domestically generated, cleaner energy will mean that we’ll see much more stable prices in the future,” he stated.  

 

Looking ahead, Jarvis warned that predicting energy prices for the summer remains uncertain due to market volatility.  

 

“We often see quite minor things significantly changing prices because overall there is a shortage of supply on gas,” he said. “So we are hopeful. But it is very dangerous, I think, to make predictions.”  

 

As millions of households prepare for higher bills, the debate over the UK’s long-term energy strategy continues, with growing calls for a shift away from fossil fuels and towards more affordable, sustainable power sources.

 

Based on a report by Sky News  2025-02-26

 

 

[JonnyF]

More evidence that the UK's energy strategy is doomed to failure.

 

What a miserable country it has become under Labour. 

[Harrisfan]

4 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

More evidence that the UK's energy strategy is doomed to failure.

 

What a miserable country it has become under Labour. 

Another Biden in charge. Keir is useless.

[JonnyF]

1 minute ago, Harrisfan said:

Another Biden in charge. Keir is useless.

 

Indeed.

 

His fate will be the same. A disasterous single term followed by a crushing defeat.

 

Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) Starmer is too stupid to see that.  

[Harrisfan]

2 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

Indeed.

 

His fate will be the same. A disasterous single term followed by a crushing defeat.

 

Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) Starmer is too stupid to see that.  

Farage party polling well.

[BritManToo]

7 hours ago, Social Media said:

This means the average annual energy bill will climb to £1,849, a figure that has exceeded analysts’ predictions.

And in Thailand my average annual energy bill is under 3,600bht (less than 100GBP).

[Bkk Brian]

ooops, caught again...............

 

“Under a Labour government we would freeze energy bills. We wouldn’t allow them to go up.”

~ Keir Starmer 

Snake oil salesmanship. 

UK domestic energy prices are to rise by 6.4% in April to £1,849 a year on average.

 

 

[soalbundy]

1 hour ago, JonnyF said:

More evidence that the UK's energy strategy is doomed to failure.

 

What a miserable country it has become under Labour. 

It's been a miserable boring country for decades.

[JonnyF]

7 minutes ago, soalbundy said:

It's been a miserable boring country for decades.

 

Starting May 1st 1997.

[Chomper Higgot]

8 hours ago, Social Media said:

Tim Jarvis, Ofgem’s markets director general, acknowledged the difficulties consumers face, calling the rise “very unwelcome.” He explained that the regulator was forced to act due to substantial increases in wholesale gas prices.  

 

“This is further evidence, to be honest, that we need to move away from that reliance on international gas and start looking at domestically generated energy,” he told Sky News Breakfast presenter Wilfred Frost.  

 

That’s clear enough.

 

[Bkk Brian]

1 minute ago, Chomper Higgot said:

That’s clear enough.

 

Ofgem....lol

 

Starmer made it clear enough:

“Under a Labour government we would freeze energy bills. We wouldn’t allow them to go up.”

[Blueman1]

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

And in Thailand my average annual energy bill is under 3,600bht (less than 100GBP).

So Your Only Paying Just about 7 GBP A Month.....?? HOW ??

[Chomper Higgot]

Some broader information here including an explanation of who sets the price cap, the fact it will be set sushi. In 3 months and the prediction by EDF of reductions in the cost of energy later in the year:

 

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/utilities/what-is-the-energy-price-cap/

 

Perhaps the most troubling issue component of the price cap is the standing charge and the higher charges to people who pay cash; undoubtedly many people on low incomes who don’t have bank accounts or are unable to maintain funds in their accounts.

 

[Hakuna Matata]

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

And in Thailand my average annual energy bill is under 3,600bht (less than 100GBP).

 

in Thailand my average monthly energy bill is under 3,600bht (less than 100GBP). 

 

[Hakuna Matata]

 

UKRAINE is more important!

[Bkk Brian]

4 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Some broader information here including an explanation of who sets the price cap, the fact it will be set sushi. In 3 months and the prediction by EDF of reductions in the cost of energy later in the year:

 

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/utilities/what-is-the-energy-price-cap/

 

Perhaps the most troubling issue component of the price cap is the standing charge and the higher charges to people who pay cash; undoubtedly many people on low incomes who don’t have bank accounts or are unable to maintain funds in their accounts.

 

So more predictions, how did that work out for Starmer?

[JonnyF]

Starmer's promises worth nothing as usual.

 

 

[The Old Bull]

Stop giving money to the Zelenski and his gang they were the ones to piss the Russians off ,they should be the ones facing the consequences of their actions. Then you could lower a lot of prices in the UK, when the price of energy goes up in the EU because they can't get Russian gas UK producers raise their prices to match.

[Chomper Higgot]

2 hours ago, JonnyF said:

Starmer's promises worth nothing as usual.

 

 

Putting that 2 year old interview in context for you Jonny, the discussion was referring specifically to the then near doubling of energy prices that  were at that time delivering energy poverty to UK consumers and vast windfall profits to the oil and gas producers.

 

What it was not, was any promise to fix energy prices beyond the energy crisis that was unfolding at the time the two year old interview was recorded.

 

 

 

[Bkk Brian]

Just now, Chomper Higgot said:

Putting that 2 year old interview in context for you Jonny, the discussion was referring specifically to the then near doubling of energy prices the were delivering energy poverty to UK consumers and vast windfall profits to the oil and gas producers.

 

What it was not, was any promise to fix energy prices beyond the energy crisis that was unfolding at the time the two year old interview was recorded.

 

Time to read the OP:

 

11 hours ago, Social Media said:

Looking ahead, Jarvis warned that predicting energy prices for the summer remains uncertain due to market volatility.  

 

“We often see quite minor things significantly changing prices because overall there is a shortage of supply on gas,” he said. “So we are hopeful. But it is very dangerous, I think, to make predictions.”  

Those predictions again look

[Chomper Higgot]

8 minutes ago, The Old Bull said:

Stop giving money to the Zelenski and his gang they were the ones to piss the Russians off ,they should be the ones facing the consequences of their actions. Then you could lower a lot of prices in the UK, when the price of energy goes up in the EU because they can't get Russian gas UK producers raise their prices to match.

I would love to hear your thoughts on how this would be achieved:

 

“Then you could lower a lot of prices in the UK”

 

The UK, like the EU states pays the price of oil and gas as dictated by the international market price.

[JonnyF]

1 minute ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I would love to hear your thoughts on how this would be achieved:

 

“Then you could lower a lot of prices in the UK”

 

The UK, like the EU states pays the price of oil and gas as dictated by the international market price.

 

The UK has it's own oil and gas reserves.

 

Forget net zero and drill baby drill. 

[Chomper Higgot]

9 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

The UK has it's own oil and gas reserves.

 

Forget net zero and drill baby drill. 

Jonny, I’m sorry to break this to you but this is how it works:

 

The UK issues exploration and exploitation licenses to international oil and gas companies for those companies to find and extract oil and gas from the UK controlled territory.

 

Those companies then own that oil and gas, they sell it to their customers at the international market price.

UK consumers don’t get cheaper oil or gas just because it was extracted from UK oil and gas fields.

 

On the other hand, renewable energy generated within the UK is not subject to international market fluctuations.

 

 

 

[JonnyF]

1 minute ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Jonny, I’m sorry to break this to you but this is how it works:

 

The UK issues exploration and exploitation licenses to international oil and gas companies for those companies to find and extract oil and gas from the UK controlled territory.

 

Those companies then own that oil and gas, they sell it to their customers at the international market price.

UK consumers don’t get cheaper oil or gas just because it was extracted from UK oil and gas fields.

 

 

I wasn't talking about how it currently works Chomps.

 

I was talking about how we could get it cheaper. 

 

Do try to keep up Dear. 

[youreavinalaff]

3 hours ago, soalbundy said:

It's been a miserable boring country for decades.

No, it hasn't. 

 

I agree some area are a not so nice but there are some great places to live and be happy.

[Chomper Higgot]

4 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

I wasn't talking about how it currently works Chomps.

 

I was talking about how we could get it cheaper. 

 

Do try to keep up Dear. 

How’s that going to work Jonny?

 

The licenses have already been sold to the oil and gas companies, they own the oil and gas that they extract.

 

The technology, expertise, equipment and financial resources to extract oil are all held by the oil and gas companies. 

 

If you have any ideas of how to get around that please let us know.
 

 

 

[youreavinalaff]

24 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Putting that 2 year old interview in context for you Jonny, the discussion was referring specifically to the then near doubling of energy prices that  were at that time delivering energy poverty to UK consumers and vast windfall profits to the oil and gas producers.

 

What it was not, was any promise to fix energy prices beyond the energy crisis that was unfolding at the time the two year old interview was recorded.

 

 

 

You've twisted so far on that you've likely disappeared up your own ar$@ 

[Chomper Higgot]

Just now, youreavinalaff said:

You've twisted so far on that you've likely disappeared up your own ar$@ 

I have nevertheless put the interview back in its context and I did so without resorting to a personal attack or any attempt at bypassing the profanity filter.

 

 

 

 

[JonnyF]

4 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

How’s that going to work Jonny?

 

The licenses have already been sold to the oil and gas companies, they own the oil and gas that they extract.

 

The technology, expertise, equipment and financial resources to extract oil are all held by the oil and gas companies. 

 

If you have any ideas of how to get around that please let us know.
 

 

 

 

They are quite prepared to set up Great British Energy to build and manage huge renewable energy projects.

 

They could just as easily set up a state owned oil company. Like many other countries do. Like China did with Sinopec. 

 

But they won't. Because of their stupid net zero fantasy. 

 

Shorter term they could make energy bills cheaper by stopping giving billions in aid to foreign countries and use the money to reduce taxes on energy like the Climate Change Levy. 

 

But they won't. Because of their stupid net zero fantasy. 

[Chomper Higgot]

4 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

They are quite prepared to set up Great British Energy to build and manage huge renewable energy projects.

 

They could just as easily set up a state owned oil company. Like many other countries do. Like China did with Sinopec. 

 

But they won't. Because of their stupid net zero fantasy. 

 

Shorter term they could make energy bills cheaper by stopping giving billions in aid to foreign countries and use the money to reduce taxes on energy like the Climate Change Levy. 

 

But they won't. Because of their stupid net zero fantasy. 

The UK had a national oil and gas company, the Tories sold it.

 

Investing vast sums of money in the dying embers of the oil and gas industry and in direct competition with the established oil and gas giants is one of the more bizarre ideas I’ve read on this forum.

Even if it did happen, I expect the same party would once again sell it to their chums at the first opportunity.

 

We both know a national oil and gas company isn’t going to happen.