Martin Lewis says 'sorry' to British Gas, OVO, EDF, EON, Octopus customers

The BBC Sounds podcaster, who is a Money Saving Expert founder, spoke out as the new Ofgem price cap hits £1717 from October 1.

Martin Lewis has said "sorry" as he issued an apology to British Gas, OVO, EDF, EON and Octopus customers. The BBC Sounds podcaster, who is a Money Saving Expert founder, spoke out as the new Ofgem price cap hits £1717 from October 1.

Martin said: "A few of you understandably asking me questions about the underlying cost of wholesale rates, international energy markets and energy generation issues. Im afraid that's outside my expertise, I focus on consumer finance and consumer energy issues."

The BBC star went on and said: "I don't want to take a stab at answering as people will assume an expertise where I don't have one. There are many energy analysts on here who do focus on that who I'm sure will give you an answer. Sorry."

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"I’m still convinced that if you ran as an MP you’d be Prime Minister within a few years! Probably not on your vision board but you are the kind of person this country needs," a social media user and Twitter follower replied to the Money Saving Expert.

Mr Lewis replied: "I couldn't take the hate. My mental health would crack in today's. I'm not robust enough" A Twitter/X user said: "With todays media, you’re probably right, I don’t know how anyone is thick skinned enough! Much love either way Martin keep up the amazing work"

A social media user said: "Standard tariffs price on a published formula. Q1'25 tariff is being priced using avg of 12 mth strip of market prices (Jan-Dec'25) every day from mid Aug to mid Nov. Basically a 62 day average of 2025 prices. This is also therefore the hedge profile suppliers follow."

"I switched yesterday from E.on Next Pledge to EDF Essentials Fixed 1 year Oct25 V2 and took advantage of a Top Cashback £25 reward. E.on Next have now launched a new fixed tariff 12 months V27 which is cheaper than EDF. It's not on comparison sites yet. Can your team have a look?" another wrote.