Regulator’s figures show numbers behind with energy bills falling
Almost 320,000 families and employers were behind with their electricity bill payments at Christmas while more than 171,000 had gas arrears, new figures show.
New figures for the month show that 268,555 households had not paid their electricity bills on time in December, while 47,583 businesses were behind with those payments, a total of 319,968. The number of gas customers behind with their bills peaked at 180,163 in June 2024, when the CRU said one in four domestic customers was in arrears. That total fell back to 24 per cent in December.
The number of businesses in arrears with electricity and gas bills fell slightly in December, the commission noted.
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