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No more tweaks: let’s replace the energy price cap with something more radical.
Even if your bill is falling, though, this may bring no sudden relief due to continued high inflation and interest rates.
British electricity generators saw their revenues increase by £29 billion in 2022 – here’s why that happened.
Household gas and electricity bills aren’t the only way that expensive energy hits your budget.
It would level the playing field and promote equitable access to low-carbon energy for all.
Cranking the heating up 24/7 isn’t an option for most people.
Massive 13,000-home project investigates how much energy is typically used at different temperatures.
A third of people we surveyed incorrectly thought there was a £2,500 cap on energy bills.
UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s emergency budget announcement has calmed the market initially but experts see continued challenges.
There never was a ‘maximum bill of £2,500’.
Millions will still experience fuel poverty this winter, even with the government’s latest plan to help.
Energy rationing is possible but unlikely.
An energy expert compares the political party policies.
Hopes that prices will ease are probably wishful thinking.
The cap prevents energy retailers from making excessive profits, but places no restrictions on other parts of the supply chain.
Top contributors
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Professor and Director of the Centre for Energy Policy, University of Strathclyde
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Honorary Professor, International Relations, Brunel University of London
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Professor of Environmental Psychology, University of Bath
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Manchester
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Lecturer in Economics, University of Sheffield
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Emeritus Professor of Finance, ICMA Centre, University of Reading
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Professor of Government and Public Policy, University of Strathclyde
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Professor of Energy and Buildings, Heriot-Watt University
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Professor of Human Geography, University of Manchester
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Research Fellow in Fuel Poverty and Energy Policy, Built Environment Asset Management (BEAM) Centre, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Professor of Energy and Climate Change, UCL
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Professor of Energy and Society, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Associate Professor and political economist, Birmingham City University
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Lecturer in Energy Systems, University of Oxford
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Professor of Economics at University College London, UCL