Britons face highest price cap in three years as energy bills rise 4% from October

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The roughly a third of households that buy energy via fixed-rate deals will not be affected by the rise in the price cap. Photograph: Andrzej Rostek/Getty View image in fullscreen The roughly a third of households that buy energy via fixed-rate deals will not be affected by the rise in the price cap. Photograph: Andrzej Rostek/Getty Energy bills Britons face highest price cap in three years as energy bills rise 4% from October A typical household in Great Britain will pay £1,723 a year, prompting calls for more support

Prefer the Guardian on Google Millions of British households will face the highest energy charges in three years this winter after months of rising market prices pushed up the government’s price cap for the second time in three months.

Gas and electricity prices will rise by 4% from October under the new cap, after climbing 13% at the start of July to take account of global energy market price rises caused by the war on Iran.

The regulator for Great Britain, Ofgem , said the new cap for about 22m households was equivalent to £1,723 a year for a typical household’s gas and electricity use, up from £1,663 for the July to September period.

The cap is forecast to climb by the equivalent of a further £149 a year in January, according to the energy consultants at Cornwall Insight, which would put the average annual bill at £1,872.