{"id":778189,"date":"2026-02-21T00:09:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T00:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/778189\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T00:09:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T00:09:14","slug":"energy-bills-set-to-fall-across-the-uk-but-experts-issue-future-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/778189\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy bills set to fall across the UK \u2013 but experts issue future warning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The massive drop in household energy costs expected in April <\/a>could be short-lived, experts have warned, as the government is urged to ensure that changes will last.<\/p>\n

Energy regulator Ofgem is expected to announce on Wednesday that its energy price cap for April to June will drop by \u00a3120 from its current level. The substantial drop is driven by the government\u2019s move to cut energy bills <\/a>by scrapping an energy efficiency programme.<\/p>\n

This will \u201cdeliver a clear boost to living standards\u201d, think tank the Resolution Foundation found, adding this should \u201chelp to keep bills<\/a> below current levels until at least 2029\u201d.<\/p>\n

A new report from the influential unit<\/a> also credited the progressive effect of the measure, finding the design of the policy will benefit lower-income households the most. Due to this, around a quarter of households (24 per cent) will save more than \u00a3200 this year.<\/p>\n

\"The The massive drop in household energy costs expected in April could be short-lived, experts have warned (PA Archive) <\/p>\n

The changes will also make the typical energy<\/a> bill \u00a3200 lower than in 2024 in real terms, researchers found, which is a welcome drop after the pressures of the Covid pandemic and cost of living crisis.<\/p>\n

However, they added this could be eroded in just three years. They estimated policy costs and investment in network infrastructure mean bills will be just \u00a360 lower on average than today in March 2029, and the end of the government<\/a>\u2019s discount scheme a month later will add another \u00a355.<\/p>\n

This means a \u201ccliff edge\u201d looms, the Resolution Foundation said, as the government will need to decide whether to allow bills to rise or find funding to extend the support. It added ministers should not \u201cwait until the eleventh hour to decide\u201d and should instead set out a durable framework before 2029.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Marshal, principal economist at the Resolution Foundation, said: \u201cNext week\u2019s energy price cap announcement will show a significant drop in household bills, largely because of the government\u2019s \u00a36.9 billion energy bill discount.<\/p>\n

\"Rachel Rachel Reeves announced households will save an average of \u00a3150 on energy bills from April through the scrapping of an energy efficiency scheme (PA Media) <\/p>\n

\u201cThe policy is well designed. By reducing electricity unit rates, it supports the shift towards electrification at the same time as delivering savings worth twice as much to the poorest families as to the richest, as a share of spending.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, this support is due to end in April 2029. The government should set out a clear and durable framework for deciding which energy policy costs are funded by bills and which through taxation soon, to avoid scrambling for a solution in an election year.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Department of Energy Security and Net Zero spokesperson said: \u201cThis government is delivering on our promise to take an average of \u00a3150 of costs off bills from 1 April. Ofgem will set out the final price cap figure in the usual way next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The massive drop in household energy costs expected in April could be short-lived, experts have warned, as the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":778190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[748,226998,931,18219,28528,393,4884,15289,1144,54037,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":["post-778189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uk","category-united-kingdom","tag-britain","tag-energy-bill","tag-energy-bills","tag-energy-efficiency","tag-energy-price-cap","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-household-bills","tag-northern-ireland","tag-resolution-foundation","tag-scotland","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wales"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116105718385626750","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/778190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}