British Prime Minister Liz Truss holds her first cabinet meeting after taking office at Downing Street on September 07, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Frank Augstein – Pool/Getty Images) The cost of freezing energy bills in the U.K. may end up costing roughly £180 billion ($207 billion), or about half the total cost of relief for the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new analysis. The analysis comes a day ahead of the expected release of the plan by new U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss. Deutsche Bank senior economist Sanjay Raya cited news reports that the plan is to freeze household bills at about £2,500 per year, starting in October when the price cap set by Ofgem was due to rise to £3,549. That’s reported to cost £96 billion. But there’s a variety of business support planned as well, with a freeze for business energy bills to cost £40 […]