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Energy prices, excess deaths and the race to count to 200

More or Less: Behind the Stats

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The Energy Price Cap Is Going Up

The energy price cap is a figure that's calculated and set by the u k's independent energy regulator, off gem. It's actually a cap on how much energy rtail supplies can charge for one kilawat hour of energy - either of gas or electricity. Recently, off gem announced that in october, just a few weeks away, the cap is going up. Off gem calculate this will cost the average household three thousand 500 and forty nine pounds a year,. And it will be almost three times higher than the cap that expired in april. So these are huge increases. But remember, this is not a cap on overall energy bills, just on units of energy. If you use

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