course is that debt doesn t keep building and building because of the prepayment meter. you pay for it in advance. to do so forcibly you need advance. to do so forcibly you need a court warrant. and there was outcry when agents for british gas were shown to be going into the homes of vulnerable people to fit these metres. the boss of the company admitted there was no excuse for it. so, there was a sector wide ban on the whole practice. that was in place in february. and now, under stricter rules, these three companies, edf, scottishpowerand companies, edf, scottishpower and octopus, companies, edf, scottishpowerand octopus, have been given permission to restart. interestingly, octopus saying they won t do for the time being. they will still have a look. other companies, other suppliers, have to prove to the regulator they have to prove to the regulator they have reviewed and are ready to start again before they are given permission. but campaigners say that, 0k, permission. but campaig
of it all starts again on thursday and i think there will be a lot more people tuning in. and i think there will be a lot more peeple tuning in- three energy firms edf, octopus and scottishpower have been given permission to resume forcibly installing pre payment meters in some homes. the meters were fitted when people did not pay previous bills, and there was no prospect of payment. but the practice was suspended almost a year ago after agents for british gas were found to be breaking into the homes of vulnerable people to fit them. our cost of living correspondent colletta smith has more. energy debt is at a record high, so after an 11 month ban forcing a customer onto a prepayment meter is back on the cards. edf, octopus and scottishpower are the three companies who have been given the green light. that means they should have trawled through all of their past fittings identified any wrongfully installed metres, and done them and offered compensation.
energy debt is at a record high, so after an 11 month ban forcing a customer onto a prepayment meter is back on the cards. edf, octopus and scottishpower are the three companies who have been given the green light. that means they should have trawled through all of their past fittings identified any wrongfully installed metres, and done them and offered compensation. undone them and offered compensation. i came in my house, opened my door, and changed it to a prepayment meter. he discovered a prepayment meter in the home because of the debts of a previous tenant. i v e i ve been burgled in the past, it felt like that. today he is surprised to hear that force fitting can begin again. the intrusion that happened at the time as something that sticks are cheap, even a year on, not the it is nothing to do with. it makes me angryjust to think about what we did a couple of years.