Nearly 100,000 prepayment energy meters forcibly installed last year

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More than 94,000 prepayment meters were installed in homes in Britain throughout 2022, government figures show.

The meters were installed by energy providers such as British Gas, Scottish Power and OVO Energy using court-sought warrants and without customer consent.

The practice of forced installation attracted widespread condemnation and the energy regulator Ofgem began an investigation. Prepayment meters are pay as you devices that require top up payments to provide gas and electricity to a household. If payments are not made no power is supplied.

 

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wow, that's a despicable amount

My electric meter is broken at the minute. Nearly 2 months actually. They are adamant they haven’t got the parts to fix it and don’t replace with new ones. They are extremely keen for me to get a smart meter 😏 I think someone’s telling porkies

Get them out, send the bill to the perpetrators.

And why were they fitted no mention of the reasons behind this

Should only be as a last resort.

Welcome to tory Britain, corrupt!

Talk about the profits of those companies as well, to emphasise the point.

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