Energy companies halt forced instalment of prepayment meters

  • 📰 SkyNews
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 17 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 10%
  • Publisher: 67%

France Nouvelles Nouvelles

France Dernières Nouvelles,France Actualités

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.

Energy suppliers have agreed to end the forced installation of prepayment meters in vulnerable customers' homes, the government has said.

Last week, the energy regulator Ofgem asked suppliers to suspend the forced installation of prepayment meters and review their processes for dealing with customers who have fallen into arrears. "If prepayment meters have been incorrectly installed, that is not in compliance with the rules," Mr Kaul told LBC.

 

Merci pour votre commentaire. Votre commentaire sera publié après examen.

Anyone that can't pay their bills is venerable.

They all want sending to jail that was criminal what they did

Oh that’s decent of the robbing thieving bastards

Quite right too.

And what about Standing Charges being increased How are they affected by world events

Oh well that's generous of them. How about making them the same price as other tariffs. They're ghouls making extra money out of the poorest in society.

Nous avons résumé cette actualité afin que vous puissiez la lire rapidement. Si l'actualité vous intéresse, vous pouvez lire le texte intégral ici. Lire la suite:

 /  🏆 35. in FR

France Dernières Nouvelles, France Actualités