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Energy supplier Ovo halts forced prepayment meter installations over Christmas

Energy supplier Ovo has halted forced prepayment meter (PPM) installations over Christmas to help customers through the cost-of-living crisis. The move will mean customers who have fallen into debt on a credit meter and face having their supplier ...

22 Dec 2022 at 21:48

Energy firms commit to no more forced prepayment meters for vulnerable customers

The Government said it has been assured by every energy company in Britain that they will follow the rules which forbid them to forcefully install prepayment meters in the homes of vulnerable customers. The practice already goes against the ...

10 Feb 2023 at 15:08

Shapps demands energy firms halt forced fitting of prepayment meters

The Business Secretary has demanded that energy suppliers stop forcing financially stretched households to switch to prepayment meters. Grant Shapps has also vowed to “name and shame” the worst offenders. He has written to companies ...

22 Jan 2023 at 07:59

Forced prepayment meter installation ban extended – Ofgem

Energy suppliers have been banned from forcibly installing prepayment meters for people over 75 years old with no support in their house and in homes with children under the age of two, Ofgem has announced. The regulator has ...

13 Sept 2023 at 11:31

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Quarter of Britons would move house or job on environmental grounds, poll finds

Nearly a quarter of UK residents say they will move home if their local area does not become more environmentally friendly in the next decade, according to research. A YouGov poll of more than 10,000 people found 23% would ...

15 May 2024 at 22:48

Labour pledges to address ‘unjustifiable’ costs of prepayment energy meters

Labour has said it wants to put a stop to “outrageous” premiums that energy prepayment meter customers face. Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves said Labour would end the “unjustifiable” practice that can result in people ...

11 Aug 2022 at 23:30

Grant Shapps urges suppliers to stop ‘outrageous’ forced meter fittings

Grant Shapps has urged energy companies to suspend the “outrageous” practice of forcibly installing prepayment meters following reports that British Gas had been sending debt collectors to “break into” customers’ ...

02 Feb 2023 at 21:36

Forced installation of prepayment meters to be banned in homes of over-85s

All UK household energy suppliers have agreed to a ban on forcibly installing prepayment meters (PPMs) in the homes of people over the age of 85, the industry regulator has announced. Ofgem said suppliers have ...

18 Apr 2023 at 08:05

Forced installation of prepayment meters in homes of over-85s ‘to be banned’

Energy suppliers have reportedly agreed to a ban on forcibly installing prepayment meters (PPMs) in the homes of people over 85. The PA news agency understands that on Tuesday at 7am, energy regulator Ofgem ...

17 Apr 2023 at 21:43

Shapps disappointed with energy suppliers’ plans over prepayment meters

Energy secretary Grant Shapps has expressed disappointment with how energy suppliers have responded to him after some of them were caught breaking into the homes of vulnerable customers. Mr Shapps said ...

10 Feb 2023 at 16:59

Scottish Power granted warrants to forcibly fit prepayment meters

A judge has granted Scottish Power warrants to enter homes to forcibly fit prepayment meters after they were temporarily banned following a scandal around the practice. District Judge Samuel Goozee ...

19 Oct 2023 at 16:59

Prepayment meter rules ‘fail to deal’ with energy debt mountain, charity warns

Charities and campaign groups have warned that new rules for energy suppliers which restrict the forced use of prepayment meters do not go far enough and must be firmly enforced. The End Fuel ...

18 Apr 2023 at 13:29

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