The ability to compare gas prices will always be available but the prices and quotes that you will receive are going to be higher than you might have previously expected. It is hard to see what anyone can do to reduce the prices of gas and electricity so for now the best advice would be to budget for higher prices.
However, should the report on the price increase be in favour of the customer, there will be a multi-million pound windfall which will reduce the cost of energy and make searching for cheap electricity prices a possibility.
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