For many people still working from home or now following a new hybrid way of working, being in the house for longer periods of time typically means having the heating on more often than in the days before the coronavirus pandemic.
However, Ofgem confirmed on Thursday that household energy bills will increase by £693 per year from the beginning of April.
The energy regulator was forced to hike the energy price cap to a record £1,971 for a typical household as wholesale gas prices soared to unprecedented highs with the decision expected to impact 22 million households across the UK who are on their energy supplier's default tariff.
