What's coming
By 26 August 2026 — Ofgem announces the October to December price cap. The assessment window closed on 18 August, so the inputs are already fixed. We'll publish the confirmed figures here and in the October cap guide the day it lands.
Warm Home Discount: 23 August is the date that decides your £150
The qualifying date for the 2026/27 Warm Home Discount falls on 23 August. Whoever supplies your electricity that day owes you the £150 — and switching afterwards doesn't cost you it.
VAT on electricity drops to 0% on 1 October — and lands the same day as the cap rise
Domestic electricity VAT falls from 5% to 0% from 1 October 2026 until 31 March 2027. It reaches every tariff, fixed included, but a cap change on the same day absorbs much of it.
Why the price cap fell £200 without a single rate changing
From 1 July 2026 Ofgem cut the consumption it assumes a typical household uses. Every headline cap figure shrank by roughly £200 as a result — and none of it reached anyone's bill.
Why this page is short
We publish when something actually happens — roughly eight to twelve times a year, matched to Ofgem's quarterly cap announcements and whatever policy lands in between. There is no schedule to fill and nothing here written to hit a quota.
Every entry names its source, and the analysis lives in the evergreen guides rather than being duplicated here. That way the explainers stay accurate as the news moves past them.