Energy companies halt forced instalment of prepayment meters

Campaigners demand total ban on forced installation of prepayment meters

Energy Security Secretary Grant Shapps has announced action - but a charity representing vulnerable people says much more needs to be done

Energy providers under pressure to compensate customers forced onto prepayment meters

Grant Schapps says energy giants' redress efforts are ‘simply not good enough’

Prepayment meters are a national scandal - forced instalment is just part of it

Prepayment meters require users pay for their energy before they use it (Picture: Getty) I can’t believe the Government is playing dumb when it comes to prepayment energy meter customers.  Also known as ‘pay-as-you-go’, prepayment meters are a type of domestic energy meter that requires users to pay for energy before using it.  There are over 7million people in the UK who use them and it is the most expensive form of energy, higher than those wh…

Energy companies say they will no longer forcibly install pre-payment meters

Magistrates have already been told to stop issuing warrants

Energy Firms End The Forced Installation Of Prepayment Meters In People's Homes

The practice had been described as "deeply shocking" by No.10.

Energy companies halt forced instalment of prepayment meters

A reporter for The Times went undercover working at Arvato, capturing video and audio recordings from jobs where he accompanied debt collectors to fit prepayment meters.