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BREAKING Energy customers queuing to give meter readings ahead of price hike tomorrow

Households are facing delays to give meter readings ahead of energy bill price rises tomorrow.

Customers of British Gas, Scottish Power and Shell Energy are in queues to give these readings, the Sun reports.

Energy bills will be capped at £2,500 a year for a typical household from this weekend - up from an average of £1,971 a year now.

The government's Energy Price Guarantee will come into force from October 1 for two years - replacing the Ofgem price cap.

Before energy bills go up, many homes will be submitting up-to-date meter readings to their energy firms.

The idea is that they can prove how much energy they used at a lower price right up to the point bills go up.

That means they can only be charged for the energy they use, with no quibbling about overcharging.

Customers report having to wait in line to give meter readings today.

Anyone else in a 'queue' to log into their online electricity account to input the meter reading? pic.twitter.com/mhF4Olx0R7

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The last time energy bills went up majorly was April 1.

But the day before, March 31, Brits flocked to give meter readings in droves.

This led to energy firm websites crashing under the strain - including British Gas, Eon, Scottish Power and SSE.

As a result, energy companies have extended their deadlines this time around.

Customers have longer to submit their meter readings - so long as they were taken on October 1.

These are the deadlines for all major energy firms:

British Gas - October 14

Octopus Energy - October 8

Bulb - October 3

E.on - October 6

EDF - October 7

Scottish Power - October 5

Shell - October 31