Nearly one-in-four of 18-to-24-year-olds struggle to understand their energy bills.
A new report by the National Literacy Trust and Octopus Energy suggests almost 22% of consumers of that age group avoid reading their bill because of the language used.
That compares to 3% of over 65s.
The survey of 2,502 adults also estimates just 9% of the youngest energy consumers can correctly identify all six key energy bill terms, including ‘dual fuel’, ‘kWh’ and ‘tariff’.
The findings of the research show overall almost 47% of all bill payers were able to correctly identify all of these six common terms used in the energy sector.