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New forecasts from Cornwall Insight have seen price cap predictions rise to £1,762 a year for a typical dual fuel consumer. This would represent a 1% increase from January’s price cap of £1,738 announced in November. Cornwall Insight says that the increase in the cap forecast largely reflects the movement in the wholesale market, where…
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Latest forecasts for the Default Tariff Cap (price cap) released by Cornwall Insight, have shown energy bills for a typical household are predicted to be below the government’s Energy Price Guarantee (EPG) from July (Q3 2023) this year. Despite the fall in these forecasts, bills are set to remain significantly above pre-pandemic levels – settling…
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Ofgem has announced that the energy price cap review will be updated every three months instead of six. The energy regulator says that the change will go some way to provide the stability needed in the energy market, reducing the risk of further large-scale supplier failures which cause huge disruption and push up costs for…
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