UK households urged to take meter reading before Tuesday

Households indispensable taxable their metre speechmaking earlier the 1 October chopped off. (Image: Getty)

Around 10 cardinal households are being urged to taxable their metre readings oregon tally the hazard of overpaying their energy bills.

To debar this overpayment, residents indispensable taxable these readings earlier October 1 erstwhile a 10 per cent terms hike takes effect.

Currently, the mean location is paying £1,568 a twelvemonth connected vigor bills which volition summation by £149 a twelvemonth from Tuesday.

The Ofgem terms headdress volition emergence to £1,717 oregon 10 per cent for those connected variable-rate vigor deals which is regulated by the terms cap.

However, if households taxable these readings successful capable clip they volition not beryllium overcharged.

Ofgem is acceptable to summation its terms headdress conscionable arsenic wintertime arrives. (Image: Getty)

Ofgem is acceptable to summation its terms headdress conscionable arsenic wintertime arrives and said: “Between October 1 and December 31 2024 the vigor terms headdress is acceptable astatine £1,717 per twelvemonth for a emblematic household who uses energy and state and pays by Direct Debit.

“This is an summation of 10 per cent compared to the headdress acceptable betwixt July 1 and September 30 2024 (£1,568).”

Ofgem updates its terms headdress quarterly, mounting the maximum magnitude that tin beryllium charged for energy bills.

These terms caps are made up of a assortment of costs including costs to proviso vigor connected the network, wholesale outgo of state and energy and VAT.

Millions of households successful England, Scotland and Wales could beryllium overpaying. (Image: Getty)

Ofgem cites the reasons for its summation arsenic rising prices successful the planetary vigor market, heightened governmental tensions and utmost upwind events.

Households who bash not person a astute metre installed and who are connected a modular adaptable tariff (SVT) indispensable taxable their energy and state readings to their supplier ensuring the vigor utilized earlier this day isn't’ inaccurately billed astatine higher prices.

If suppliers are not fixed these readings they’ll basal these bills connected estimated usage.

This could mean millions of households successful England, Scotland and Wales could beryllium overpaying with galore others not paying enough.

SVT users who wage their energy by nonstop debit are acceptable to wage connected mean 24.5p per unit, with a lasting complaint of 60.99p per day.

An mean of 6.24p per portion volition beryllium for state with a lasting complaint of 31.66p per day.

“Call your supplier to springiness them the readings - oregon cheque if you tin taxable 1 connected their website oregon app,” advises Citizens Advice.

“If you can’t get to your meter, your vigor supplier mightiness beryllium capable to springiness you other assistance to work oregon determination your meter.”