Bu içerikte Cornwall Insight tarafından yapılan tahminlere göre, enerji fiyatlarının yeni yılda yine yükselmesi bekleniyor. Ortalama miktarda gaz ve elektrik kullanan bir hane, Ocak ayından itibaren yılda 1.736 sterlin ödeyecek. Enerji düzenleyici Ofgem’in gelecek resmi çeyreklik fiyat tavanını cuma günü açıklaması bekleniyor. Bazı yardım kuruluşları, daha az gelire sahip hanelerin ve yaşlıların soğuk aylarda nasıl başa çıkacakları konusunda endişeli. Enerji fiyat tavanı, gaz ve elektrik birim başına talep edilebilecek maksimum fiyatı sınırlar ve bu da daha büyük mülklerdeki insanların genellikle daha fazla ödeme yapmasına, daha küçük mülklerdeki insanların ise genellikle daha az ödeme yapmasına neden olur. Gelecekte, Cornwall Insight enerji fiyat tavanının Nisan 2025’te biraz düşeceğini ve Ekim 2025’te tekrar düşeceğini tahmin ediyor. Hükümetin, yüksek enerji faturalarından “kırılganları koruma yollarını” düşünmesinin hala önemli olabileceği belirtiliyor. Yeni İşçi hükümeti, milyonlarca emekliye kış yakıt ödemesini geri çekme kararıyla eleştirildi. Gelecekteki ödemelerin yalnızca emekli maaşı alanlar veya diğer gelir testli yardımlardan yararlananlara yapılacağı doğrulandı. İskoçya’da bir çift, fayda değişiklikleri üzerine kendi yasal mücadelesine devam etme izni aldı.
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Domestic energy prices are expected to edge up again in the New Year,according to consultancy Cornwall Insight.
A household using a typical amount of gas and electricity will pay £1,736 a year from January, according to the forecaster, which is widely regarded for its accurate predictions.
That would be a £19 a year rise, or a 1% increase, compared with the current typical annual bill of £1,717, with prices forecast to stay high for the rest of winter.
Energy regulator Ofgem will announce the next official quarterly price cap on Friday, with some charities concerned about how less well-off households and pensioners will cope during the colder months.
The energy cap limits the maximum price that can be charged for each unit of gas and electricity, rather than the total bill.
This means people in larger properties will tend to pay more overall owing to higher energy usage, and those in smaller properties tend to pay less.
Dr Craig Lowrey, principal consultant at Cornwall Insight, said that while bills will remain “largely unchanged” from October, the news that prices will not drop after rises were seen in the Autumn will still be “disappointing” for many.
“What we’ve been looking at were prices well above the historic norms,” he told the BBC’s Today programme.
He added that there “doesn’t seem to be any sign of a return to pre-energy crisis levels,” referring to the spike in costs seen when conflict between Russia and Ukraine broke out.
The consultancy also expects that prices will remain higher due to geopolitical tensions, bad weather and maintenance taking place on Norwegian gas infrastructure.
The market is still “very sensitive” to global events, it said, with higher prices likely to be “the new normal”.
Further ahead, Cornwall Insight anticipates the energy price cap will drop slightly in April 2025 and again in October 2025.
It suggested that it may still be important for the government to consider “ways to protect the vulnerable” from higher energy bills, such as social tariffs.
The new Labour government has faced criticism for its decision to withdraw the winter fuel payment for millions of pensioners.
At Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ first Budget, it was confirmed that future payments would only be made to those getting pension credit or other means-tested help.
The government has said the move was necessary in order to address what it has called a financial “black hole” it inherited from the Conservatives.
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