Solar panels on houses in the UK Iain Masterton/Alamy
For the past few weeks, 22 million people across England, Scotland and Wales have had an unpleasant shock lurking in their inboxes and on their doormats, as their energy suppliers have laid out their future energy costs. For a home with typical energy consumption, under a regulated price cap.
The unprecedented increase was triggered by an energy crisis that started well before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, although this has pushed prices even higher. When the price cap moves again…
