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As energy prices slowly ease, households and businesses wonder if they can compare them and whether they should fix their energy prices until 2024.
Are you considering fixing your business energy prices until 2024?
Yes, we recommend fixing energy prices if you can secure a cheaper fixed deal that reduces costs in the short term but also protects you against volatile energy prices in 2024.
However, it depends on whether you are looking to fix energy prices until 2024 for a business or a home.
Businesses can currently make huge savings by securing cheaper fixed rates, but for a household, this may be difficult until later in the year. Read on to learn more 👇
We have many customers asking if it is best to fix business energy prices now. For businesses, we recommend comparing the latest business electricity prices and business gas prices to make an informed decision.
Use our business energy comparison service to get the best prices offered by our panel of energy suppliers.
Standard variable business energy tariffs are needlessly expensive, and most businesses can spend less by fixing their energy prices until 2024.
We recommend only fixing your home energy prices until 2024 if you can source a cheaper fixed tariff than the upcoming price cap of £1,928 for the average home.
As of November 2023, only a handful of suppliers are advertising a fixed tariff that is slightly cheaper than the current price cap and these are often only available to current customers. We expect better offerings in the market over the winter.
You can use our home energy comparison service to check the latest electricity and gas prices on offer.
Want to understand the situation more? Here’s our guide on why electricity is so expensive.
There are a few reasons to fix energy prices until 2024, from peace of mind to securing cheaper energy rates; here’s why you should fix your energy rates:
There are two key schemes to help households and businesses into 2024. These are:
The energy price cap is currently £1,834 for the average UK home until December 2023. The energy price cap limits the maximum that can be charged on a variable tariff.
From 1 January 2024, the energy price cap will rise by 5% to £1,928 for the average home for the first quarter of next year.
There is no business energy price cap; however, the Energy Bill Discount Scheme supports businesses if the wholesale rates of electricity and gas exceed:
Read the complete guide to Energy Bill Discount Scheme.
Business energy suppliers want to retain their customers and typically offer a fixed rate renewal quote to customers approaching the end of their business energy contract.
We recommend not blindly accepting the renewal rates offered by your supplier but instead comparing them to those offered by alternative suppliers. Using our business gas comparison and business electricity comparison services, you can assess whether your renewal quote is a fair offer.
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The energy price cap is a cap on the price per kWh a home energy supplier can charge on their default standard variable tariffs. The standing charge and the price per kWh are included in the cap.
However, the overall cost of your bill is not included in the price cap. Your bill is calculated depending on your usage for the month. The more energy you use, the higher your energy bill will be.
The price cap doesn’t apply to you if:
To understand how the energy price cap applies in your region here’s links to our:
Wholesale prices are continuing to drop month on month. However, they double the historical average.
Read our full explanation of current wholesale electricity and gas prices.
Yes, energy prices are forecasted to fall slightly in 2024.
Market analysts predict that energy prices will continue to gradually decrease through the remainder of 2023 into 2024. Energy analysts Cornwall Insight have issued predictions that the current energy price cap of £1,834 will change as follows:
The energy price cap is based on the cost energy suppliers are expected to incur in purchasing electricity and gas on the wholesale markets. Check out our complete analysis of electricity prices.
Here are commonly asked questions surrounding whether you should fix your energy contract in 2024:
There is help out there. We’ve created a guide highlighting current government and energy supplier initiatives that can help save you money and contribute to your energy bills.
The full guide can be accessed here.
The guide looks at the following options:
It depends on what’s on offer to you. Once your fixed tariff expires, your current energy supplier will put you on a variable tariff. The default variable tariff is price-capped and may be cheaper than fixing a new tariff.
It’s worth comparing to see what’s out there, but if nothing affordable is available to fix, it’s probably worth staying on the default tariff until a price drops below the price cap.