Brits suffer brutal rise in gas prices after supplier bankruptcies
The thermal gas factory, in the British island of Grain, September 21, 2021 © Daniel Leal-Olivas, AFP
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The price of electricity is rising and as a result more and more energy companies are going bankrupt in the UK.
1.5 million households are affected and will have to turn to other suppliers.
As a result, the bill could seriously increase.
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With our correspondent in London,
Marie Boëda
A typical household in the UK is likely to pay 1,489 euros per year, instead of 162 euros now.
An increase that comes as financial assistance to the poorest is on the verge of declining.
Consumer aid associations are concerned, as the director of Citizens Advice Claire Moriarty explains:
We have more and more people contacting us, and we see people whose finances are really tight, we know that winter is going to be very difficult for people with low incomes.
The global gas shortage is
hitting the UK hard.
Faced with rising prices
, some British energy suppliers have gone bankrupt.
All their customers will be automatically redirected to other companies, but electricity will cost them much more.
This is the case for David, who is worried and already knows that the next few months will be hard: “
I received a message saying that my rate will increase at the end of October.
The company that supplied it has just gone out of business.
The British government said on Wednesday September 22 that it was "
preparing for the worst
".
Seven companies have already closed and, according to the Energy Regulatory Office, others will follow.
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