‘The energy price cap won’t help me much’: customers’ fears over winter bills

Consumer groups say energy prices are likely to remain unaffordable for millions this winter. Photograph: Jacob King/PA

The typical gas and electricity bill will fall to an average of £1,923 a year from October after the energy regulator for Great Britain, Ofgem, announced its price cap on Friday, but consumer groups warn that prices remain “dangerously high” and unaffordable for millions.

Stretched consumers told the Guardian the modest drop in the unit price for gas and electricity would not go far enough to protect them from energy bills they could not afford this winter, in the absence of further help from the government.