![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/energy-bills-to-rise-to-3000-a-year-from-april/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/127664603_energy-index-getty.jpg&description=Image source, Getty ImagesHelp with energy costs has been extended for all households, but at a less generous level, meaning millions will still face higher bills.The bill for a typical household will rise to £3,000 in April, from £2,500 now, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced.Without this help, average bills would have gone up to about £3,740, according to consultancy Cornwall Insight.Mr Hunt also announced additional cost-of-living payments for the most vulnerable.He said this meant an extra £900 for low-income households on means-tested benefits, which is £250 more than the equivalent payment this year. Pensioner households will get £300, and people on disability benefit will get £150, which is the same as this year.Support for people who use heating oil or alternative fuels will double to £200.There will also be an extra £1bn given to councils to help those "who might otherwise fall through the cracks".Although the typical household will see an annual bill of about £3,000 from April, this does not mean bills will be capped. The prices that energy firms charge per unit of energy will be limited. Every household pays for the energy it uses, so if you use more you pay more.Under previous Prime Minister Liz Truss, energy prices were capped for two years, leaving a typical household facing a bill of about £2,500 per year.But when Mr Hunt replaced Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor last month, he said he would review energy bill support as it had been "the biggest single expense" of his predecessor's growth plan.Campaigners for warm homes said that many vulnerable people are now at more risk of being "left out in the cold".Adam Scorer, chief executive at National Energy Action, said that "the breathing space for households struggling with energy costs will now be shorter lived and less helpful"."There is now no end in sight to the energy crisis for struggling households. For most, it looks as if it will get even harder," he said.Simon Francis, co-ordinator of the End Fuel Pov){kind=link}
Help with energy costs has been extended for all households, but at a less generous level, meaning millions will still face higher bills.
The bill for a typical household will rise to £3,000 in April, from £2,500 now, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced.
Without this help, average bills would have gone up to about £3,740, according to consultancy Cornwall Insight.
Mr Hunt also announced additional cost-of-living payments for the most vulnerable.
He said this meant an extra £900 for low-income households on means-tested benefits, which is £250 more than the equivalent payment this year.