Household bills to rise as government unveils energy reforms to secure £110bn investment They claim that on average between 2011 and 2030, household bills will actually be 4.3pc lower than without their policies. However those claims may prove controversial,as the 'baseline' against which it is comparing the impact of the policies already includes another key government's energy reform, the carbon price floor, which will artificially push up the costs of generating from coal or gas. Some energy suppliers have already argued that the policies proposed today are poorly thought-out and will add unnecessary costs to consumers' bills. On the eve of the draft bill's publication, Charles Hendry, Energy Minister, told The Daily Telegraph: "People shouldn't think this will bring about a drop in prices when we have £110bn of investment needed to keep the lights on in this country. There's a cost, but doing it this way we're delivering that investment at the lowest cost to consumers.