More than two-thirds of UK households will be hit with an average energy bill increase of £1,730 per year from October – nearly £750 more than the increase faced by energy efficient homes.
Just a third of homes in England and Wales meet the government's target energy efficiency rating of C or above on an energy performance certificate (EPC).
And while these households face a price hike of approximately £982 per year in October's energy price cap, the increase for the remaining 19 million homes, with an EPC of D or below, will be almost double that, at £1,730 a year.
