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Energy bills to rise from 1 January - high electricity users will be harder hit

MSE_Clare · 2025-11-21 10:49:30

The price most households pay for gas and electricity will rise by 0.2% on average from Thursday 1 January as energy regulator Ofgem has announced the latest Energy Price Cap rates. However, MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis has warned that high electricity users will see bills rise by much more. Energy bills to…

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matelodave Posts: 9,247 Forumite

21 November 2025 at 7:03PM

Fortunately I've got a fix at 20.5p/kwh until next July but as an electricity only user just 1p makes £75 difference to my annual bill.

There's something really perverted about trying to shift people off gas and onto leccy and then stuffing them with price rises greater than that of gas and loading most of the green levies onto leccy.

Never under estimate the power of stupid people in large numbers
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