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Vitality worth cap: Typical yearly power invoice to fall by £129 from July, Ofgem pronounces

By Editorial Board Published May 23, 2025 4 Min Read
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Vitality worth cap: Typical yearly power invoice to fall by £129 from July, Ofgem pronounces

Households on the power worth cap will see a 7% discount of their common annual funds from 1 July, the business regulator has introduced whereas urging households to hunt out the “better deals out there”.

The default cap – which is reviewed each three months – will see a typical family utilizing gasoline and electrical energy and paying by Direct Debit stump up a mean annual £1,720, Ofgem mentioned.

That’s down from the present April-June determine of £1,849 and displays a discount in wholesale gasoline costs.

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The decrease cap, nonetheless, shall be £152 greater than the identical three-month interval final yr.

It doesn’t have an effect on the tens of millions of households to have taken a time-limited mounted deal.

Nonetheless, it represents some aid for households grappling with the price of residing aftershock that noticed many important payments rise by properly above the speed of inflation final month.

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Ofgem additionally confirmed additional invoice financial savings by a £19 common lower, from July, in standing prices for households paying by each direct debit and prepayment, following an working value and debt allowances assessment.

The worth cap doesn’t restrict whole payments as a result of house owners nonetheless pay for the quantity of power they eat.

The watchdog’s bulletins had been made simply days after contemporary forecasts recommended that payments linked to the cap might come down farther from each October and January, given latest wholesale market worth traits.

Business knowledge specialist Cornwall Perception estimated on Friday that the value cap was at present on the right track to rise solely barely in October – by lower than £1 a month.

Wholesale gasoline prices final winter had been comparatively steady till a chilly snap hit a lot of Europe in January and early February, driving up demand at a time of weaker shares.

Different threat components forward embrace prolonged EU gasoline storage guidelines and world conflicts, not least the persevering with Russia-Ukraine battle that sparked the 2022 power worth spike and value of residing disaster within the first place.

“The first thing I want to remind people is that you don’t have to pay the price cap – there are better deals out there, so it’s important to shop around, and talk to your existing supplier about the best deal they can offer you. And changing your payment method to direct debit or smart pay as you go can save you up to £136.”

Ofgem mentioned {that a} minority of properties, 35%, had been on a hard and fast charge deal.

Worth comparability websites lined up after the value cap announcement to induce households nonetheless on the default tariff to analyze a change.

Tom Lyon, director at Examine the Market mentioned: “If anyone is worried about potentially higher energy bills later this year, they could consider locking in a fixed rate deal now.

“Mounted charge offers additionally defend you from worth hikes if the oil and gasoline markets are unstable. Past your power payments, it is essential to look and evaluate different family payments, akin to your automobile insurance coverage, bank cards, or broadband, to see if you can also make financial savings.”

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