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Energy bills are becoming "increasingly unaffordable" for people living in the UK.
This is according to Ann Robinson from uSwitch.com.
The director of consumer policy made the comment after a survey from the price comparison website revealed that millions of energy customers are in debt to their supplier.
Ofgem recently claimed that 1.1 million electricity customers and 800,000 gas customers owe money on their energy bills.
However, uSwitch.com found that when people who are not officially repaying a debt are taken into account, 5.5 million households appear to be in debt to their energy supplier.
Ms Robinson said: "Household energy bills rocketed by 42 per cent or £381 in 2008 and even though prices have since dipped households are still feeling the pain.
"Nine million consumers (18 per cent) are already using debt to fund their living costs and looking ahead to the end of the year, six million consumers (13 per cent) say they will struggle to pay household bills on time."
Posted by Mark Stephens
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