Families have been urged to take a photograph of their meter reading and do what they can to cut their energy use as prices spike from Saturday.
The amount that a household pays for each kilowatt hour of electricity it uses will rise to 34p from the already record 28p that families pay today. Gas prices will go from 7p to 10p per kilowatt hour under the new guarantee.
It means that the typical household in the UK will spend around £2,500 on its energy bills – but those that use a lot of gas and electricity will naturally pay more. Just a year earlier, gas had cost 4p per kilowatt hour for customers on the price cap and the charge for electricity was 21p.
