![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/people-only-just-realising-energy-bills-are-not-capped-at-2500/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/close-up-flames-gas-hob-765637742-1.jpg&description=EARLIER this month a major change to the energy price guarantee was made - but people are still confused about what it means. Facebook users have taken to the site to ask why their bills are already expected to be higher than the £2,500 price cap. People are still confused about what the energy price cap meansCredit: Getty Energy bills were initially set to be frozen at £2,500 for the typical household for two years. New Chancellor Jeremy Hunt then announced in mid October that the guarantee will only last until April. The emergency measures came into place on October 1 to help with soaring bills as the cost of living worsens. It applies to customers on standard variable tariffs. It sees the Government limit the price suppliers can charge customers for units of gas, and replaced the price cap set by regulator Ofgem. But some bill payers don't know the guarantee to freeze bills is just the amount energy suppliers can charge - if you use more energy, your bill could still be higher than £2,500 a year. One woman posted in Facebook group Energy Saving Tips asking for clarification on the cap. She said: "Hi there, can anyone explain the price cap on energy to me? "I know it said prices capped at £2500, but I got my first energy prepayment voucher of £66 one week ago and its gone already, I live in an all electric house but I've not had the heating on and hardly anything else as I've just moved in. "This is horrendous, it's not even winter yet! God knows how we will manage when it gets cold. "At these prices I'm well over the £2500 price cap. Thank you." Another wrote: "Am I missing something but. "I believe that with the 'energy price cap' capped by the Government and a £65 a month subsidy applied directly by the supplier . "My energy this winter (if I use same amount as last year) will be LESS than last year?" While one woman commented under a post attempting to explain the guarantee: "I don't understand any of it my bill was still massive despite the fact that I have n){kind=link}
EARLIER this month a major change to the energy price guarantee was made – but people are still confused about what it means.
Facebook users have taken to the site to ask why their bills are already expected to be higher than the £2,500 price cap.
Energy bills were initially set to be frozen at £2,500 for the typical household for two years.
New Chancellor Jeremy Hunt then announced in mid October that the guarantee will only last until April.
The emergency measures came into place on October 1 to help with soaring bills as the cost of living worsens.