The media always quotes this as the average amount. i.e. Cap at £2500.

This is a totally incorrect way of stating the cap and is very confusing to the general public. I've already heard people saying yay I can have my heating on full blast over the winter to f*** the Tories over.

The cap is on the cost per unit of gas and electricity. Therefore if you use more than the average you will pay more. If you use less you pay less. The idea that you can "screw" the tories over by leaving all the lights and heating on is just plain stupid.

When I told said person they looked extremely confused. But on the news it said the most I will pay is £2500. I had to show them the section that said the cap was on the price per unit. It took a while but they eventually got it.

It was going to be that whatever your average bills are now would rise by 80% in October and further 53% in January and further 20% in April next year.
I haven't looked at the detail but am just pleased that people won't see those huge rises and will also still get the £400 discount over the coming months as well.

Thanks I am sure there are people in a lot worse situation than me but nobody likes spending money if they don't have to.

One more point

The other day Edwina Curry got slaughtered for suggesting radiator reflectors.

Talk about shoot the messenger (cos she's a Tory) she was actually talking common sense.

I have been banging on about these for years. I have them on all my radiators and especially those which are on an outside wall. They cost about £50 and have saved me a fortune.

All you need is a pair of scissors, any good DIY store do them.

One more point

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It's a dilemma though, isn't it? The "cost for an average home" statistic was adopted by Ofgem and then the media as a classic piece of dumbing down in the face of a public that is generally too stupid or too lazy to understand most things beyond the very basic.

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