Experts have advised 'sitting down before reading on' as the latest forecast on the energy bill cap suggest customers could be paying several hundred pounds more than predicted earlier this week.
An analysis at energy consultancy Auxilione predicts the price cap on energy bills could reach an eye-watering _3,687 in October - close to double today's already record levels.
Experts also see further rises in 2023 for the 24 million households whose bills are governed by the price cap.




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The price could balloon further to _4,700 in April, the experts said, although they warned that forecasts so far ahead are more likely to be unreliable.
If true, it would mean a price cap more than four times higher than before the gas price crisis started last year.
Falls will not happen until July when the price cap might dip to _4,000 - but this is still double current levels.




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Latest analysis shows customers could be paying several hundred pounds more in energy bills

Auxilione said the changes - which added around _400 to the January price cap compared to Friday's forecast - were largely due to new Ofgem rules that were announced earlier this week.
'On Thursday, Kombi Servisi Ofgem released their final models including some changes to allowances within the cap, kombi servisi such as recovering some of these over a shorter period of time,' it said.
'Having now analysed these has left us wondering if these are showing the correct outputs.
'Over the last 24 hours we have been comparing our values with other analysts who also seem to be in the same position as us - in disbelief at the values.'