[Han_EONNext]

Good morning everyone 😊

As you may have seen in the media the government has said that they plan to make an announcement about energy bills very soon. The new Prime Minister, Liz Truss, has said that she will outline details of the government’s plan to tackle the cost of living crisis and high energy bills in an announcement on Thursday (8 Sept).

Over here on the Community, I am sure we are all patiently waiting on finding the outcome of the new government energy scheme. It has always been a main prority for us to keep you all up to date and be as transparent as possible.

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[meldrewreborn]

These are the figures from Cornwall insight of what prices might have been prior the government announcement - they're not at all pretty.
Figure 1: Cornwall Insight’s default tariff cap forecasts, £ per year including VAT (dual fuel, direct debit customer, national average figures)

£/annum	Q123 Forecast	Q223 Forecast	Q323 Forecast	Q423 Forecast
Wholesale	£4,149.99	£5,318.16	£4,658.84	£4,693.99
Adj. Allowance	£47.42	£47.42	£47.42	£0.00
Policy Costs	£151.52	£162.51	£162.51	£166.84
Network Costs	£371.70	£311.32	£311.32	£311.32
Operating Costs	£244.74	£257.39	£254.41	£253.33
EBIT	£96.17	£118.08	£105.26	£105.08
Headroom	£68.66	£86.43	£76.55	£76.41
SoLR Recovery	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
VAT	£256.51	£315.07	£280.82	£280.35
Total inc. 5% VAT	£5,386.71	£6,616.37	£5,897.12	£5,887.31

Source: Cornwall Insight
Figure 2: Cornwall Insight’s default tariff cap forecasts split by gas and electricity, £ per year including VAT (dual fuel, direct debit customer, national average figures)

QUARTERLY	Q1 2023 CI Forecast	Q2 2023 CI Forecast	Q3 2023 CI Forecast	Q4 2023 CI Forecast
Electricity	£2,505.14	£2,834.19	£2,445.11	£2,464.99
Gas	£2,881.57	£3,782.19	£3,452.01	£3,422.32
TOTAL	£5,386.71	£6,616.37	£5,897.12	£5,887.31

[kjunecarter]

What do people do who have just fixed a deal? I’m paying £300 a month at the moment and want to reduce it

[gazjwilko]

@kjunecarter

Call Eon Next on 0808 5015200 and explain you want to be reverted back to the price capped tariff - Next Flex. I just did that and got through after about 10 minutes. Suspect it will be very busy soon!

[kjunecarter]

@gazjwilko thank you will try as currently on next1year v12 not sure what that means. Will give it a few days as can imagine a lot of people are ringing

[Boo]

After Liss Truss's anouncement what happens to the people who have already taken out a new tarrif...?

[gazjwilko]

@kjunecarter I would check the unit rates and standing charge you are paying on your fixed tariff first and compare with the current price capped rates as i'm assuming you'd only want to switch to the price capped tariff if it's the rates are lower than your fixed rates.

[kjunecarter]

@gazjwilko thank you for helping! I’m clueless to all of this and thought I did the right thing fixing them. Do you know where I can find what the rates are going to be? Mine are mega high

[meldrewreborn]

@Boo

If you are within the cooling off period (14 days) you can cancel irrespective of your supplier. Eon Next do not have exit fees so here you can change to variable prices without penalty at any time no matter how long ago you agreed to the fix. Martin Lewis is already mounting a campaign on this one so expect the energy companies to negotiate with the government on a way to cancel fixed deals if they are no longer attractive given the new "Price Guarantee" - a new name for the price cap.

[Andy65]

Originally Posted by Boo

After Liss Truss's anouncement what happens to the people who have already taken out a new tarrif...?

Hi @Boo

You can either stay on your new tariff or, as there are no exit fees with eon-next, you can switch back to the Next Flex variable tariff if you wish.