UK should expect high fuel bills for at least 18 months, E.ON boss says

Energy bills could reach £3,000 when the price cap lifts in October, Lewis said. Photograph: Daisy-Daisy/Alamy

Consumers will have to cope with extraordinarily high fuel bills for at least another 18 months, the boss of Britain’s biggest energy supplier has said.

Michael Lewis, the chief executive of E.ON UK, called for “very substantial” government intervention to help people with escalating fuel bills, one of the biggest factors in the cost-of-living crisis.