行业协会能源英国（Energy UK）表示，政府应立即采取行动，帮助今冬在账单上挣扎的家庭。
Immediate action is needed to help households struggling with bills this winter, says trade body Energy UK.
文/凯文·皮奇（Kevin Peachey） 供应商行业协会表示，政府应立即采取行动，帮助那些在能源账单上挣扎的人们度过这个冬天。
By Kevin Peachey The government should take immediate action to help those struggling with energy bills this winter, the suppliers' trade body has said.
能源英国表示，周四国内天然气价格上涨，且预测明年1月将大幅上涨，若不作为将导致更长期、代价更高昂、程度更深的危机。
Energy UK said domestic gas prices, which rose on Thursday, and forecasts of steep rises in January meant inaction would lead to a longer-term, more costly and deeper crisis.
本周早些时候，BBC披露的数据显示，预测机构预计，受监管机构Ofgem价格上限影响的2000万采用浮动费率的家庭，明年国内能源价格将上涨16%。
Figures revealed by the BBC earlier this week showed forecasters predicting a 16% rise in domestic energy prices in the new year for 20 million households on variable tariffs affected by regulator Ofgem's price cap.
首相安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）表示，政府正在考虑任何能减轻压力的措施。
Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the government was considering any measure that took the pressure off.
在英格兰、苏格兰和威尔士，采用Ofgem价格上限设定的浮动能源费率的家庭（该上限规定了每单位燃气和电力的最高价格），在10月初遭遇了4%的价格上涨。
Households in England, Scotland and Wales on variable energy tariffs set by Ofgem's price cap, which puts a maximum price on each unit of gas and electricity, were hit with a 4% price increase at the start of October.
这相当于每年约60英镑——即每月5英镑——如果这一水平持续一年，典型家庭同时使用电力和燃气并通过直接借记付费的年账单将达到1723英镑。
That is the equivalent of about £60 per year - or £5 per month - taking an annual bill to £1,723 for the typical household using both electricity and gas and paying by direct debit if this level was sustained for a year.
但预测显示，1月份账单可能会有更大幅度的上涨。咨询公司Cornwall Insight表示，其最新预测显示，同一典型家庭的年账单将升至1999英镑。
But forecasts show a far greater increase is possible for bills in January. Consultancy Cornwall Insight said its latest forecast suggested the same typical annual bill would rise to £1,999.
能源英国表示，承认政府已提供一些支持。周四电费增值税已下调，今年早些时候一些附加费已被取消或转入税收。
Energy UK said it accepted the government had already provided some support. VAT on electricity bills was cut on Thursday, and some levies were cancelled or shifted into taxation earlier this year.
但该行业协会表示，这些节省已被供应商支付的高昂批发价格抵消，而高批发价格部分源于国际事件——即中东冲突和霍尔木兹海峡航运中断。
But the trade body said these savings had been wiped out by high wholesale prices, paid by suppliers, that were the result in part of international events - namely conflict in the Middle East and the disruption to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
该协会表示，账单飙升如同2022年那样，当时是受俄罗斯入侵乌克兰的影响推高的。
It said bills were soaring as they had in 2022 when they were driven up by the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
“我们绝不能等到再次出现同等规模的危机才采取行动。我们必须吸取当年的教训，”英国能源行业协会首席执行官达拉·维亚斯说道。
"We cannot afford to wait for the same scale of crisis before acting again. We must heed the lessons from that time," said Dhara Vyas, chief executive of Energy UK.
她指出，当前亟需采取干预措施，原因在于民众债务水平持续攀升——这些债务如今已导致每位消费者的年度账单平均增加67英镑。
She said that the urgent intervention needed was highlighted by growing levels of customer debt, the cost of which now added an average of £67 a year to everyone's bills.
周四，能源供应商EDF Energy的首席执行官西蒙娜·罗西警告称，英国正“步入第二次能源危机”。维亚斯也表示，必须在电费再度上涨前采取行动。
On Thursday, the boss of supplier EDF Energy, Simone Rossi, warned that the UK was "walking into a second energy crisis" and Vyas said that action was needed before bills jumped again.
“临时的紧急干预措施很可能针对性不足，最终反而会让所有人付出更高代价，”她说道。
"Last-minute emergency interventions run the risk of being badly targeted and costing us all more," she said.
英国能源行业协会呼吁政府采取以下措施：在面向福利领取者发放的150英镑“温暖家园补贴”基础上提供额外定向援助；最终推出优惠性社会电价；为受债务影响最严重的家庭设立债务减免计划；同时出台相关政策防止新租房者及购房者背负过多债务；此外还要削减电费中的各类附加费，将其转由税收承担，以此配合整体电气化进程。
Energy UK is calling for government measures including:
上周在工党大会上，英国首相安迪·伯纳姆对BBC表示，他并不认为罗西的危机预警言过其实，并强调家庭能源开支以及汽油、柴油价格目前“确实高得离谱”。
targeted support over and above the £150 Warm Home Discount, given to people on benefits, which would eventually lead to the introduction of a discounted social tariff a debt relief scheme for the most severely affected households as part of a strategy that will also help prevent debt build-up among new tenants and homeowners removing more levies from electricity bills and shifting them to taxation, as part of a wider move to electrification At the Labour Party conference last week, Prime Minister Andy Burnham told the BBC that he would not call Rossi's crisis warning an overstatement, adding that the cost of home energy, as well as petrol and diesel, was "very difficult indeed".
“我们正在研究一切能帮民众喘口气、减轻其经济压力的措施，”他说道。
"We're looking at any measure that can give people breathing space, that can take the pressure off," he said.