Remotely switching meters to #pre-payment is utterly predatory and counter productive.

It might stop the customer accruing additional debt, but it also switches them to a mode with much higher unit costs.

Meanwhile... record profits. They're exploiting the vulnerable

Part of the problem is how easy #smartmeters make the switch. There used to be a level of proper oversight - providers needed to arrange a warrant and a visit.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63554879

#news #energycrisis

Energy firms remotely swap homes to prepay meters

The regulator said some "vulnerable customers had been left without power for days or even weeks".

BBC News