UK Energy Bills to Hit Three-Year High as Gas Prices Surge
UK energy bills are set for a three-year high at the beginning of the winter, as higher gas prices due to the Iran war have prompted the energy regulator to raise the energy price cap on household costs by 4% for October through December. The UK energy regulator Ofgem on Wednesday published its quarterly energy price cap decision, announcing a 4% increase in the cap for the period between October 1 and December 31, 2026.
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- Fact 1: UK energy bills are set for a three-year high at the beginning of the winter, as higher gas prices due to the Iran war have prompted the energy regulator to raise the energy price cap on household costs by 4% for October through December.
- Fact 2: The UK energy regulator Ofgem on Wednesday published its quarterly energy price cap decision, announcing a 4% increase in the cap for the period between October 1 and December 31, 2026.
- Fact 3: UK energy bills have already jumped by 13% between July 1 and September 30, 2026, under the price cap that Ofgem set in May, as a result of higher wholesale gas prices amid the Middle East crisis.
- Fact 4: The latest increase in the price cap was widely expected by analysts, with Cornwall Insight predicting last week that Ofgem would raise the energy price cap by 4%.
UK energy bills are set for a three-year high at the beginning of the winter, as higher gas prices due to the Iran war have prompted the energy regulator to raise the energy price cap on household costs by 4% for October through December. The UK energy regulator Ofgem on Wednesday published its quarterly energy price cap decision, announcing a 4% increase in the cap for the period between October 1 and December 31, 2026.
The UK has a so-called Energy Price Cap in place, which protects households from excessively high bills by capping the price that energy utility providers can pass on to them. The price cap is a limit on what suppliers can charge domestic consumers per kilowatt hour of energy used. UK energy bills have already jumped by 13% between July 1 and September 30, 2026, under the price cap that Ofgem set in May, as a result of higher wholesale gas prices amid the Middle East crisis.
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Original source: OilPrice.com
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