The remaining 17 percent, or 3.8 million households, would pay the same.

By 2020, according to government estimates, the average household should pay £94 a year less for energy than they would without the policies.

Moneysupermarket.com claims the average household pays £325 more a year than necessary.

Richer households, who also use more energy, will pay themselves.

These households will pay the state's highest tax rate, 7.875 percent, on a larger share of their income.

Farms and households in many areas pay rates that are far below the costs of service.

The average household now pays total taxes of $2,500 a year.

The average household now pays £1,345 per year for gas and electricity.

About one in six households paid more than $13.46 an hour, according to the survey.

The company did not estimate today how much extra a typical household might pay as a result.