End Fuel Poverty CoalitionNov 6, 2023

Last week's revelations in the forced prepayment meters scandal highlight how the Secretary of State must:
- Encourage Ofgem to maintain the voluntary ban and ensure no forced PPMs happen this winter.
- #BanForcedPPMs through legislation as soon as possible.

https://www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk/ministers-told-to-show-leadership-on-prepayment-meters-scandal/

Ministers told to show leadership on prepayment meters scandal

The Government must intervene to ensure that energy firms are not allowed to restart forcing homes onto prepayment meters.

End Fuel Poverty Coalition
End Fuel Poverty CoalitionMay 5, 2023

Catch up on all the detail of the @deankirby_ / @theipaper investigation into pre-payment meters and our calls to #BanForcedPPMs.

https://bit.ly/3YaRiBc

Prepayment meter investigation - inews.co.uk

inews.co.uk
End Fuel Poverty CoalitionMay 4, 2023
As @Shell reveal more staggering profits, @deankirby_’s investigation into the prepayment meters scandal now uncovers the firm’s role in forcing people onto PPMs.
#BanForcedPPMs
https://inews.co.uk/news/shell-force-fitted-prepayment-energy-meters-profits-2317331?tpcc=Weekly_04.05.23
Shell force-fitted more than 4,000 prepayment meters last year while making £32bn in profits

Shell posted nearly £7.7bn in profits for the first quarter of this year. Its UK Shell Energy division, which made a loss of £80m last year, force-fitted more than 4,000 prepayment meters in the UK in 2022

inews.co.uk
End Fuel Poverty CoalitionApr 18, 2023

On @SkyNews: the concerns that the new PPMs code of conduct simply does not go far enough - and the fact it is voluntary undermines its objective.

We need @ofgem and @energygovuk to go further and #BanForcedPPMs outright.

https://news.sky.com/story/forced-installation-of-prepayment-meters-banned-for-over-85s-and-those-with-conditions-worsened-by-cold-12859709

Forced installation of prepayment meters banned for over 85s and those with conditions worsened by cold

Sky
End Fuel Poverty CoalitionApr 18, 2023
The @ofgem prepayment meters code of practice does not go far enough.
Too many vulnerable groups are not covered by its full protections and there are serious concerns about how it will be implemented by #energyfirms.
#BanForcedPPMs
https://www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk/ppms-code-of-practice-does-not-go-far-enough/
PPMs code of practice does not go far enough

Energy firms have signed up to a new code of conduct to govern the forced installation of prepayment meters. The code has been described by Ofgem as a "new voluntary code of practice [which] is

End Fuel Poverty Coalition
End Fuel Poverty CoalitionApr 15, 2023

Catch up on all the detail of the @deankirby_ / @theipaper investigation into pre-payment meters and our calls to #BanForcedPPMs.

https://bit.ly/3YaRiBc

Prepayment meter investigation - inews.co.uk

inews.co.uk
End Fuel Poverty CoalitionMar 29, 2023
In the @Daily_Express, we hear about the pain being forced onto a pre-payment meter causes. #BanForcedPPMs.
https://bit.ly/3XqX8Ok
Energy horror as moment firm forced entry into mans home to install meter exposed

Just 72 out of more than 500,000 applications by energy firms to force entry into homes to install prepayment meters have been refused since July 2021.

Express.co.uk
End Fuel Poverty CoalitionMar 29, 2023
The @Independent reports data obtained by @TBIJ that in 64.4 per cent of cases, a #smartmeter was forced into a pre-payment mode as the customer was in #energy debt.
No-one should be forced on a pre-payment tariff against their will. #BanForcedPPMs.
https://bit.ly/3Qi8RvQ
Cost of living payments for 2023 will leave families ‘worse off’, say campaigners

£900 support won’t be enough, says End Fuel Poverty Coalition as government sets out payment schedule

The Independent
End Fuel Poverty CoalitionMar 26, 2023

Catch up on all the detail of the @deankirby_ / @theipaper investigation into pre-payment meters and our calls to #BanForcedPPMs.

https://bit.ly/3YaRiBc

Prepayment meter investigation - inews.co.uk

inews.co.uk
End Fuel Poverty CoalitionMar 22, 2023

Let’s not forget this is the #energy boss that brought you the forced prepayment meters scandal…
#BanForcedPPMs

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/479b666c-c8b0-11ed-84e7-e2697ffed9a9?shareToken=2045f08ec742a66e884554f8025c6585

British Gas’s Chris O’Shea picks up £4.5m pay package

British Gas owner Centrica paid its boss £4.5 million last year as its profits tripled to a record £3.3 billion.Chris O’Shea’s pay package was five times higher than in 2021, when he opted to forgo his annual bonus saying it felt “wrong” to accept one at a time when households were struggling with s

The Times