I believe prices are all related to gas prices with how they work out what the wholesalers can charge. It’s completely out of date and needs to change but until it’s changed then we will encounter this problem. The Octopus Energy CEO did a tweet on this and called for change. It just doesn’t add up.
Sorry but from where I’m standing all I see is a huge boom for many industries. Construction, furnishing, clothing, online retail, computers and electronics etc.