"Retail prices have not yet reached their peak in 2023. And neither wholesale nor retail gas prices are likely to fall back to their pre-crisis levels during this decade, if ever," the ECIU warned.
“As the IMF has pointed out, the energy crisis hit UK households harder than those in other western European countries because, as a nation, we’re incredibly dependent on gas. The price of gas is largely set by international markets, so the only way to protect yourself is to use less," Dr Simon Cran-McGreehin, the head of analysis at the ECIU, stated.
“The onshore wind ban has been one of the barriers to this. We’re also running behind places such as Sweden, Poland and Estonia on installing electric heat pumps,” Cran-McGreehin added.
"This polling paints a bleak picture of the crisis unfolding across the country: families running out of money to put food on the table and keep kids warm is rapidly becoming our new normal."