House facade in UK LONDON Jan 1 Number of UK households unable to pay bills for Electricity is set to hit record highs by spring unless the government takes action to mitigate record hikes in electricity bills, the Observer writes, citing fuel poverty charity National Energy Action. were already affected by fuel poverty even before a spike in global energy prices triggered a rise in electricity tariffs in October. fuel poverty in the EU However, the National Energy Action warned that fuel poverty, compared to 202 1 year could affect two million more households, bringing the total number of these households to six million. It is noted that this will be «the highest level of fuel poverty» in the UK since 1996. National Energy Action Executive Director Adam Scorer told the publication, that the number of households affected by fuel poverty will «skyrocket» in April.
