Energy Bill Crisis: Cameron’s dilemma

Energy Bills - Is Cameron 'panicking' yet?

Over the past few months, we've witnessed politicians persistently speaking of energy prices rocketing and of the ‘Big Six' making huge profits from the bills of their overcharged customer's, of whom are without any knowledge of they came to be so high in price. Many individuals who are unable to afford these high prices are left confused and deceived by their energy supplier and blame PM David Cameron for not taking action against this ever increasing issue. Recently, the problem has been addressed by Cameron in parliament and of who has even been in discussion with Neck Clegg in order to find a way to get household bills down and made sustainable. The "big" questions are; how soon and how will he make changes to the British taxpayer's energy bill?According to research by uSwitch, energy bill suppliers such as the likes of British Gas have a current bill at around £1,340 and the new bill is said to raise to a staggering £1,465 – an increase of £125 which will make lives extremely hard for customers struggling to survive financially. Shockingly, The British Gas Boss has currently seen a pay rise of 40% in line with bills. This alone should be enough to persuade Cameron to revisit his Social Conservative ideologies and not only do something to prevent the energy suppliers from unfairly profiting from these bills but to also prevent them from stealing from the people's pockets, the same British people he highly values and encourages to work hard for their country.In the run up to the 2015 elections, Labour looks like they're one step ahead of Cameron on energy issues as Ed Miliband promised in the recent Labour conference to put a 20 month freeze on the energy bills if he wins the next election. In fact, Cameron's inability to put energy cut action plans on paper has given the Labour party an opportunity to criticise his priorities and responsibility to the public. During the conference, Caroline Flint,the shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary ,said consumers were ‘'sick and tired of being left out of pocket because of David Cameron's failure to stand up to the energy companies''.Despite criticisms, it is clear that Cameron is ready to take a stand against the ‘Big Six' by proposing to cut the energy bill prices. However, it is still uncertain as to how and when he is going to do this. He has already begun to focus on the green aspect of the average household fuel bill which currently stands at £112. The Liberal Democrats have insisted that only £50 of the bill really subsidies the issues e.g wind and solar power, and they suggest that £62 is help for householder and it should subsidies for greener boilers and insulation. Focusing on greener energy from providers like Pogo Energy alongside these will aid the government in helping to keep the bills down.Hopefully, these plans in discussion will be Cameron's stepping stones into helping him put a stop to the rising energy bills for once and for all. Gloria Ganda