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Energy Price Cap Calculator

Forbes Advisor UK have created a new “energy price cap calculator” tool below which looks at how much you may have been overpaying at each instance of a price cap announcement and impacts those on a Standard Variable Tariff (SVT).

Whilst this only impacts those on standard variable tariffs (which from 2018 figures is significant, roughly 54% of consumers), you can use the calculator to work out what you’ve been missing out on:

Forbes Advisor UK

Here, if I moved to the cheapest available tariff in April 2021, and if I were on an SVT, I’d have saved £279:

Forbes Advisor states this is based on the following assumption:

  • * annual saving if a customer with average consumption on a dual-fuel default tariff priced at the level of the cap moved to the cheapest available tariff at the time


Jonathan Jones

Jonathan is the founder of Energy Switching UK. With over half a decade of experience in the price comparison space, Jonathan is now using his expertise and experience to help consumers switch and save money on their energy bills.

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