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Employees could see their bills rise 18 per cent to £868 to cover the extra costs of heating and electricity to power lights and computers if current guidance continues until February

We look bacl at all the new terms coined over the past 12 months - and offer some early predictions for the buzzwords of 2022

Ovo chief executive Stephen Fitzpatrick said the impact of soaring wholesale gas prices will be an enormous crisis for Britain in 2022. Pictured: Kwasi Kwarteng.

​The price cap could jump 46% for summer 2022, hitting approximately £1,865 as wholesale power prices remain high.

The energy regulator said any suppliers who fail the financial stress tests will be put on an improvement plan, particularly where consumers are at risk.

​From January, energy suppliers will need to undergo financial stress testing to prove their resilience in light of the cascade of supplier collapses in recent months.

​ScottishPower has been appointed as Supplier of Last Resort (SoLR) for Entice Energy and Orbit Energy’s combined 70,400 customers.

​Entice Energy and Orbit Energy have become the latest suppliers to collapse, marking ten in November alone.

The energy price crisis that has seen more than 20 small suppliers collapse has now left millions of customers in the dark over refunds and looming bills.

The energy price crisis that has seen more than 20 small suppliers collapse has now left millions of customers in the dark over refunds and looming bills.