[Eddie1944]

Why is my direct debit increasing by 155% from £90 to £230.96 per month when the price cap is increasing by 54%?

[meldrewreborn]

My Gas unit price has increased 192% from last summer to this summer. The latest price cap increase is an average of 54% but the previous cap was a substantial increase too. And its important to recognise "average" - as your fuel mix might mean the increase to you is greater. Also if you are coming off of a good fixed deal the increase could be very substantial.

If you have arrears these have to be paid off and add to your monthly DD.

Your DD should normally be your estimated consumption over a period times the unit prices plus the standing charge(s) divided by the number of months in the period. Plus or minus any debit /credit on your account spread over a reasonable period, possibly 6 months.

You can check all this yourself, with fact that you can see - facts that we can't.

[UKDave51]

Some people don`t quite understand that you can set your own DD payments on the site, set your own energy use targets and try to stick to them, if you can do that it won`t be anywhere near the payments they are asking for.
Remember this. you will only pay for the energy you use, not a penny more, not a penny less.