today at six, a warning to households and businesses that energy prices are set to rise sharply in the year ahead. the energy price cap which limits the bills for domestic consumers could increase significantly in the spring and the industry says the long—term answer is clear. the biggest driver here is that international gas market, and we can't control it. what we can do is to move to domestic, clean sources of generation. for many consumers, it's a worrying time, with more than 1 million additional households reported to be heading for fuel poverty. we've already been told it's going to cost a hell of a lot more for people on meters. but we don't have the money to do it any other way round. that's the only way. it's like hand to mouth, you live day by day.