Everything you need to know about the energy crisis if you are an SSE customer

Electricity and gas bills will rise considerably next month following the price cap announcement from Ofgem. The energy regulator has said that the energy price cap will rise by a record-breaking 54% which will come into effect on April 1.

The energy price cap, which is the maximum amount a utility company can charge an average customer for their gas and electricity bills, will rise from £1,277 to £1,971 for a typical household. Bills are expected to be much higher than this though following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with wholesale gas prices increasing 40% on the day of the invasion.

The amount that energy bills will increase by will depend on how much Brits use. Prepayment customers are expected to be worse off though, with a jump of £708 from £1,309 to £2,017.

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Households across the country will be receiving correspondence from their energy companies this month, ahead of the price rise in April, which will set out renewal offers on tariffs should they choose to stay with that particular company. Financial experts, including the man behind Money Saving Expert, Martin Lewis, is urging Brits to do these three things before their energy prices skyrocket, read more about this here.

The hike in energy bills is due to a global pressure on energy supplies causing wholesale prices to rise significantly above the current price cap. This increase has been influenced by an increase in global demand for energy and exacerbated by a decreased gas supply coming from Russia into Europe, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

So what does this all mean if you're a customer with SSE? SSE, which is also part of the OVO family, supplies