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op de next five years, de average energy bill zijn expected tot rise met om ten percent, particularly affecting households met heat pumps.
This comes van a draft letter op energy kosten tot zijn discussed soon op de cabinet.
Research commissioned met de government indicates dat meer households will hebben tot pay tussen 400 en 600 de euro meer annually met 2031.
Although energy kosten zijn rising meer voor heat pump users, their average bill remains lower dan dat van ander households.
This price increase zijn a real rise, independent van inflation.
It zijn mainly driven met increasing network kosten due tot investments op de electricity grid.
voor heat pump owners, dat often also hebben solar panels, de abolition de net metering scheme will mean extra kosten.
kosten voor de use van fossil fuels zijn also zijn introduced.
de research shows dat de energierekening zijn rising maar remains reasonably op line met expected kosten savings en income growth.
However, there zijn clear differences tussen various groups van households.
People met a traditional boiler continue tot pay de meer, met an estimated annual rate van 2800 de euro op 2031.
Households connected tot a heat network will spend an average van 2650 de euro.
Impact op Heat Pump Owners Especially those met heat pumps, dat hebben already invested significantly, will pay meer dan expected.
Households met a hybrid heat pump will see their de energierekening rise tot nearly 2400 de euro.
voor systems fully running op heat pumps, de annual bill will increase met 70 percent, maar they blijven cheaper met an average van 1200 de euro op 2031.
Despite this increase, investment op a heat pump remains attractive volgens researchers.
de minister views de situation as an opportunity tot worden minder dependent op foreign energy sources en tot facilitate sustainability.
This zijn important given de recently increased oil en gas prices due tot conflicts op de Middle East.
