Dec 06 - Rising energy cost

The energy price cap is set to increase again in January 2024.

The energy price cap is apparently expected to rise by around 20% in January 2024. This would mean that a typical household would pay around £2,368 per year for their energy bills. That may not seem like much, but that represents around 200 quid per month!

The rise in the energy price cap is due to a number of factors, including the ongoing war in Ukraine and the continued global economic recovery. The war in Ukraine has pushed up the price of gas, which is a major component of energy bills. The global economic recovery has also increased demand for energy, which has put further upward pressure on prices. The issue in Ukraine, affecting the gas, has eased for sure, yet the prices never went down. Instead the energy companies poste record profits!

The rise in energy prices is having a significant impact on households across the UK. Many people are already struggling to pay their bills, and the increase is likely to make it even more difficult for them to do so. The government has announced a number of measures to help people with the rising cost of living, but these measures are not enough to offset the full impact of the increase in energy prices.

In the meantime, there are a number of things that households can do to reduce their energy bills, such as switching energy suppliers, using energy-efficient appliances, and setting heating schedules (freezing to death indoors that is), spending more time in heated public spaces rather than at home, and so on. My heart goes out to the poor elderly.

I've been using the cafe more these days to reduce the amount of heating I have to do, but I wonder if coffee and food at the cafe don't cost even more than the gas I'm supposedly saving anyway. Emmigration is looking more and more like the cheaper alternative these days I tell you.

Peace & Love,

Adé