I received my new energy bill from E.ON and it's not good

We finally received the dreaded email this week. Myself and my partner, along with millions of others across the country, have braced ourselves for this moment, the worry and the stressful question of what our new bill will look like has finally been answered.

My energy provider E.ON sent out an email to us on Tuesday, April 26, to inform us what our new price will be after our tariff ended on Monday, April 25. Residents across the UK may already find themselves on a higher tariff already following the energy price cap increase that came in on April 1.

Energy regulator Ofgem hiked its energy price cap by 54% at the start of the month. The energy price cap, which limits the rates a supplier can charge for each unit of gas and electricity you use, jumped by £693 from £1,277 to £1,971. Prepayment customers have been worse hit, with a jump of £708 from £1,309 to £2,017, and that's without the possibility of further hikes, with wholesale gas prices increasing regularly.

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The email from E.ON had a subject line of "Important: we’ve reviewed your Direct Debit amount" and I couldn't help feel an overwhelming sense of anxiety and worry. What are we going to do if we can't afford this? What if we've been paying the wrong amount all this time, and will it matter anyway because the cost of gas and electricity is sky-high?

Myself and my partner Mark have been with energy company E.ON for 13 months, with our contracting beginning in January 2021. We were paying on average £69 a month for gas and electricity.

We've known for a while that the energy hikes have been coming and have tried to save in other areas of living to help us out.