£12 billion energy investment is "a drop in the ocean" consumers are warned

Britain's households could have to find an extra £1.3bn because of controversial claims for cash by gas companies that will increase domestic energy bills, says uSwitch.

At issue is a £12bn demand from National Grid, which runs half the country's gas-main networks, and the three other companies that operate the rest, to maintain, upgrade or replace the nation's gas supply over the next five years.

UK households will be expected to fork out £1.3bn of that.

Britain's homes already pay an average of a fifth of their gas bill, or about £100 a year, for the upkeep of the mains.

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