Our average cost of gas and electric has been £70 per week this winter. That is well over the "average cost" as stated by the government. I am not sure who the average cost applies to as we are 3 people who live in a tiny mid terrace house, have had the heating only 2 hours per day, thermostat set at 15C and are doing everything else to cut our energy use as much as possible. I am horrified that our energy now costs 30% of our total income. The price rise in April will be brutal.