Panorama - The Smart Meter mess

[ajohn]

Actually there are a new set of rules about disconnecting and fitting pre payment which ever type of meter is fitted. In some cases it wont happen. In some others not during certain times of the year.

Do smart meters allow energy companies to cut you off remotely? - Full Fact

While smart meters do mean energy companies can cut off your supply without going to court for a permit to enter your home, they should only cut you off after taking other steps to help you pay your d

fullfact.org

 

[Nwgs2]

Yet it doesn't happen. Funny that...

Meters don’t get disconnected? Right, ok then…..

 

[noseall]

Actually there are a new set of rules about disconnecting and fitting pre payment which ever type of meter is fitted. In some cases it wont happen. In some others not during certain times of the year.

Do smart meters allow energy companies to cut you off remotely? - Full Fact

While smart meters do mean energy companies can cut off your supply without going to court for a permit to enter your home, they should only cut you off after taking other steps to help you pay your d

fullfact.org

Yes, I think I've mentioned it on a number of occasions. It's come about since the energy companies got into trouble, using over zealous debt agencies forcing pre-pay onto vulnerable folk. OFGEM paused the practice (switching analogue meters to prepay) in their efforts to clarify what can and can't be done.

Biking from the boatyard posted a link to the practice, mistakenly claiming it was remote SM switching, lol.

Read more..

 

[gas112]

I'm surprised you've agreed

It's the point that's been made all along.

The processes leading up to

Took you a while, but well done.. actually cutting them off is, or may be, different

you struggling with what has been actually said then or struggling to understand the difference in processes to within 1 second of meter going off

 

[gas112]

Outside your property boundary.

nope debt disconnection has got nothing to do with road diggers