"Am I covering the whole of f****** Bolton?": Man says new energy bill predicted to cost £21,000 a YEAR

A screenshot of a new energy bill which predicted a yearly spend of almost £21,500 has gone viral after the recipient asked if he was paying for "the whole of f***ing Bolton".

The bill, posted by Twitter account @FplAndSte, showed a first monthly payment of £1,954 that would be taken by energy supplier British Gas on April 1, with ten regular monthly payments of the same amount due to be taken on the first of each month. That equates to £21,494 paid across 11 months.

Several other people had jumped into the comments with equally ridiculous bills, including user @Rob_ladnet who shared a screenshot of a bill he had in January, which put his monthly payments to British Gas at £7,024.28, and @amyy0506 who joked she was paying for South Yorkshire after receiving a direct debit bill from Eon for £5,361.57 a month.

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As others shared their ludicrous bills in the thread, some began to panic that their costs would start to skyrocket soon too. One Twitter user shared the news that their bill had more than doubled due to the energy crisis at the moment, which saw several energy providers go bust after wholesale prices rose.

However, fortunately for us all, it's unlikely that our energy bills will rise quite this quickly, as suppliers say these are likely to be wrongly calculated bills. Although British Gas were unable to comment on the huge bill without more details from the customer, they did acknowledge there were several reasons a bill could be this high - even something as simple as the customer making an error inputting the meter readings.

Customers transferring from failed suppliers, such as @FplAndSte, may also have incorrect bills due to