Customers need targeted support, not blunt tools

Despite welcome news that the energy price cap is to significantly decrease in July, prices are still well above historic averages. Writing in support of Utility Week’s Action on Bills Campaign, So Energy co-founder Simon Oscroft calls on the government to immediately begin working with suppliers and consumer groups on targeted measures for the coming winter. Without these, he says, the government will again need to resort to “blunt and costly tools” such as the Energy Price Guarantee or Energy Bills Support Scheme.