Cornwall Insight July price cap forecast: comment

"Predicted falls in energy bills simply cancel out recent rises, meaning the crisis is not over for bill payers who are still struggling with gas prices significantly above pre-crisis levels.

"Costs of oil and gas will always be volatile and can be manipulated by foreign actors like Putin, but every home that is insulated and has a heat pump installed reduces our gas demand and so exposure to these geopolitically vulnerable markets. Cutting insulation schemes would fly in the face of recommendations from multiple experts including the Energy Crisis Commission. [2]

"UK's renewables are boosting our energy security and stabilising prices by reducing the amount of gas we need to import from abroad as the North Sea gas output continues its inevitable decline. Wholesale gas has cost the UK more than £140bn over the past few years." [3]