Households to face higher energy bills this winter as price cap set to rise - Energy consultants Cornwall Insight said it expects the typical household’s energy bill to rise to £1,714 a year.

Household energy bills are set to rise this winter as experts predict Ofgem’s energy price cap will increase despite two previous falls this year. Energy consultancy Cornwall Insight said it expects the typical household’s energy bill to rise 9 per cent from October, up to £1,714 a year, from £1,568 currently.

Experts at the energy consultants Cornwall Insights are warning that households will face higher energy prices this winter. They are predicting that on Friday Ofgem will announce that on

Typical energy bills could rise by 9% in October when the next Ofgem energy price cap is announced, according to forecasts from analysts at Cornwall Insight. The organisation has warned that gas and electricity wholesale prices have "rebounded" from their 30-month lows, becoming a "key driver behind the forecast uptick in bills".

The energy price cap will rise to an average annual £1,717 from October, the industry regulator has said. Ofgem said that the 10 per cent rise was largely due to higher wholesale

A typical household's annual energy bill will rise by £149 in October under the new price cap. People using an average amount of gas and electricity will pay £1,717 a year, a 10% rise compared with now.