Your standing charge is a daily fee you must pay to your energy supplier regardless of your energy usage. Under the rules of the Ofgem price cap, a company is allowed to charge a maximum amount, which varies depending on where you live.
Bedfordshire falls under the Eastern area, meaning standing charges are currently capped at 31.01p per day for gas and 44p per day for electricity. This means that whoever your supplier is, these are the maximum amounts they can charge you.
Combined, this gives a maximum standing charge for gas and electricity of 75.01p.
This means that Bedfordshire is in the area ranked 2nd out of the 14 regions in terms of maximum standing charges rates (14th is highest). The capped price is 18% lower than the average.
These rates are based on the July 2024 price cap.