Electrical energy calculator: how a lot will your payments price this winter?

UK households are going through a rise of their payments this month regardless of prime minister Liz Truss asserting a £150bn help plan to restrict power prices to £2,500 every year for the everyday family over the subsequent two years.

Even with the cap in place, the worth of electrical energy from October 1 has elevated to 34p per kilowatt hour (kWh) and fuel to 10p/kWh. Whereas the rise is decrease than initially feared, it nonetheless represents a rise of 62 per cent and 158 per cent, respectively, in comparison with final winter’s costs.

A 1500-watt iron will now price about 9p for 10 minutes, in comparison with 7p beneath the earlier cap, for instance. And a 90-minute washer cycle will price 51p, up from 45p.

The standing cost for electrical energy and fuel — the fastened each day quantity that it’s important to pay irrespective of how a lot power you employ — has additionally risen, going from 25p to 46p and 26p to 28p respectively.

Attempt our calculator to estimate the single-use price of greater than 20 totally different electrical home equipment discovered within the house beneath the brand new value cap.

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