• Never had massive bills so no real prior knowledge or worry of 'the cap'

    Does 'the cap' mean, no matter your household usage, they will not charge you more than this (sounds too good to be true), or, the probable actual scenario, 'the cap' is the estimate cost given to households based on national average multiplied by max cost per unit allowed by ofgem. Therefore either 1) I can piss gas away all day because they are never going to charge more than £2k a year for it 2) I have strong thoughts on what is considered average.

  • the cap is on the standing charge and unit prices of gas & electricity

  • The latter. The cap is the max to be paid by a notional 'average' household, so unit pricing is set to ensure that's not exceeded.

    You'll get that unit price, but total cost depends on your actual consumption.

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