⏰ Time is running out to redeem your Energy Bill Support Scheme vouchers.

If you use a prepayment meter, you have until 30 June to redeem your vouchers so don’t delay.

Find out more ⤵️
https://wearecitizensadvice.org.uk/what-you-need-to-know-if-you-use-a-prepayment-meter-add6687422bd

#energy #bills #energybills #support #supportscheme #vouchers #help #advice #prepaymentmeter #costofliving #costoflivingcrisis #costoflivingsupport

Forced prepay meter installations to be banned in homes of over-85s

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65305959

Age shouldn't be a factor in this, neither should anything else.

The practice should be illegal. Full stop / Period.

#ForcedPrepaymentMeterInstallation #SmartMeter #PrepaymentMeter #MeterInstallation #BritishGas #Ofgem #EnergySupply #EndFuelPovertyCoalition #AgeConcern #AgeUK #Scope #CitizensAdviceBureau #CAB #CostOfLivingCrisis #EnergyCrisis #EnergyMastodon

Anger as prepayment energy meter force-fittings to be allowed again

Campaigners criticise new rules over which homes can be forcibly switched to a prepayment energy meter.

BBC News
Petition: The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales

We call on the Senedd to undertake an inquiry into the prepayment meter scandal. Over the last two months evidence has emerged that thousands of people have been switched to prepay meters without the required checks as to whether they are vulnerable. We at Climate Cymru and other campaigners have been exposing this scandal.

Petitions - Senedd

Forced prepayment meters keeping millions in the dark, Citizen's Advice Bureau warns
#CAB
#CitizensAdviceBureau
#PrepaymentMeter
#FuelPoverty
#CostOfSurvivingCrisis
#Disabled
#ChronicallyIll
#ClassWar
#Ofgem

New research has found that prepayment meters are driving some of the most vulnerable people in society deeper into poverty

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2023/01/12/forced-prepayment-meters-keeping-millions-in-the-dark-citizens-advice-bureau-warns/

Forced prepayment meters keeping millions in the dark, Citizen's Advice Bureau warns

New research has found that prepayment meters are driving some of the most vulnerable people in society deeper into poverty

Canary

Citizens Advice reveal number of Britons who couldn’t afford electricity in 2022 | The Independent
#CitizensAdviceBureau
#CAB
#PrepaymentMeter
#EnergyPrices
#FuelPoverty
#Ofgem
#Disabled
#ChronicallySick
#Vulnerable
#CostOfLivingCrisis

People who should not be put on prepayment meters for health reasons being forced onto them

Citizens Advice bureau says it saw more people who were unable to top up their meter in 2022 than in the whole of the last 10 years combined

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/energy-credit-citizens-advice-bureau-prepayment-b2260707.html

Citizens Advice reveal the sobering number of Britons who ran out of energy credit in 2022

Citizens Advice bureau says it saw more people who were unable to top up their meter in 2022 than in the whole of the last 10 years combined

The Independent

#EnergyCompany cuts off gas (no hot water, etc)

#costofliving

Company entered their home with knowledge or permission to put in a #prepaymentmeter.

Energy companies forcibly entering their customers’ houses and then leaving them to freeze - this is next level dystopia

I’m sure Ovo Energy are indeed “very sorry” - that Channel 4 News has exposed their scummy practices. But how many more households have they left in the cold?

#UKPolitics #CostOfLivingCrisis #PrepaymentMeter

https://www.channel4.com/news/mother-shocked-after-energy-company-installs-prepayment-meter-while-shes-out

Mother ‘shocked’ after energy company installs prepayment meter while she’s out

As the energy crisis bites - there's been a surge in suppliers moving customers on to prepayment meters.

Channel 4 News