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Households in Great Britain ‘could owe energy suppliers £7bn by end of year’
After higher prices for winter kick in, energy debt unpaid for more than 30 days likely to rise, says Energy UK Households in Great Britain could owe their energy suppliers as much as £7bn by the end of the year after higher gas and electricity prices forecast for the winter kick in, an industry group is warning. Domestic energy debt and arrears climbed by about £500m over the past year to a record £6bn at the end of…
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Domestic energy debt and arrears climbed by about £500m over the past year to a record £6bn at the end of June. Photograph: Anna Barclay/Getty Images View image in fullscreen Domestic energy debt and arrears climbed by about £500m over the past year to a record £6bn at the end of June. Photograph: Anna Barclay/Getty Images Energy industry Households in Great Britain ‘could owe energy suppliers £7bn by end of year’ After higher prices for winter kick in, energy debt unpaid for more than 30 days likely to rise, says Energy UK
Prefer the Guardian on Google Households in Great Britain could owe their energy suppliers as much as £7bn by the end of the year after higher gas and electricity prices forecast for the winter kick in, an industry group is warning.
Domestic energy debt and arrears climbed by about £500m over the past year to a record £6bn at the end of June as the Middle East conflict continued to stoke rising gas market prices.
The amount of energy debt left unpaid for longer than 30 days is likely to accelerate to £7bn by the end of the year, according to the trade association Energy UK, as the government’s cap on gas and electricity prices is expected to climb to a three-year high .
She urged Andy Burnham’s government last week to consider a “targeted and more permanent” solution to the rise in energy bills – including a social discount tariff – rather than rely on “stopgap, ad hoc or emergency measures”.