Drivers are being urged to look into their energy bills to see if they can avoid massive price hikes as new changes are rolled out at the start of this month. In August, Ofgem, the UK’s energy regulator announced that it would be hiking energy prices for typical households as part of the quarterly energy price cap. The new energy price cap, which runs between October 1 and December 31, will go up to £1,717 per year, an increase of 10 per cent and adds around £12 per month to average bills. Homeowners on a standard variable tariff will pay an average of 24.5p per kilowatt hour (kWh), alongside …
