On @SkyNews: the concerns that the new PPMs code of conduct simply does not go far enough - and the fact it is voluntary undermines its objective.
We need @ofgem and @energygovuk to go further and #BanForcedPPMs outright.
"#Smartmeters and pre-payment meters can be a great tool for people to take control of their energy use... However forcibly switching people to pre-payment meters could have massively detrimental consequences..." - @groundworkuk
#BanForcedPPMs
https://bit.ly/3XdhHwT
This is a very welcome and reassuring development and reflects what we have been calling for!
#BanForcedPPMs
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RT @ofgem
All suppliers are now extending the suspension of forced prepayment installations beyond 1 Apr
Our CEO Jonathan Brearley told the @CommonsBEIS select committee the suspension won't be lifted until they establish they are acting in accordance with a new code of practice.
https://twitter.com/ofgem/status/1635621717912559625
The @Independent reports data obtained by @TBIJ that in 64.4 per cent of cases, a #smartmeter was forced into a pre-payment mode as the customer was in #energy debt.
No-one should be forced on a pre-payment tariff against their will. #BanForcedPPMs.
https://bit.ly/3Qi8RvQ
Those suffering the most in cold damp homes are people on prepayment meters, research for @ThisWinterUK shows, with 36% of them saying they are living in cold and damp houses.
The Government must #BanForcedPPMs now.
The full investigation will take time to report back and the ban on forced switching to prepayment must remain in place until then.
But in reality, we still need a total ban as forced switching has been revealed to be a barbaric process.
#BanForcedPPMs
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64712363
Life in #fuelpoverty as a Centrica / British Gas customer exposed in the @BigIssue today.
#BanForcedPPMs
https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/british-gas-customers-devastated-repulsive-profits/
Sign the urgent petition calling on the #Senedd petitions committee to carry out an inquiry into the prepayment meter scandal, and its impact on #Wales.
#warmthiswinter #BanforcedPPMS #justice
That #energy firms can't even comply with @grantshapps entirely reasonable demands for data, information and details of a compensation scheme is an insult to victims of the pre-payment meters scandal.
#BanForcedPPMs
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RT @deankirby_
Detail from this morning's statement by Grant Shapps on the response by energy companies to the prepayment meters scandal: 'Most suppliers are falling short on correcting their ways.'
https://twitter.com/deankirby_/status/1623989569480687616
Audrey, featured in this article for the BBC, is not alone.
Figures obtained by @TBIJ and shared with us showed that two-thirds of #smartmeter switches to pre-payment mode were forced on people in debt.
It's time to #BanForcedPPMs
The firm working for British Gas to enforce pre-payment #energy warrants is in turn owned by another company which made £2bn+ profits in 2021.
A great scoop by @DailyMirror today. #BanForcedPPMs
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/cruel-british-gas-bailiffs-14m-29133379
Reports from our members working with vulnerable households reveal that nobody from #energy firms explains to people about to go on to a pre-payment meter that they could be left disconnected.
#BanForcedPPMs
https://bit.ly/3XdhHwT
Trying to imagine someone on behalf of a private company (with the permission of a magistrate) breaking into our house to put in a prepayment meter to make heating more expensive, because we couldn't afford to heat our house in the first place.
Hope every magistrate & meter reader says no to this.
Hope every neighbour stands with anyone threatened by this.
Hope we can do better than punish and hurt people struggling to get by.
More shocking revelations about pre-payment meters tonight.
@faisalislam has obtained a document that shows magistrates nonchalantly treat #energy warrants as if they are parking fines.
The @MoJGovUK must investigate and we need to #BanForcedPPMs now.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64524156
Tonight @itvnews @Chrisitv has exclusive footage proving that @BritishGas knew in 2016 that they were forcing vulnerable people onto pre-payment meters.
Enough @grantshapps @grahamstuart #BanForcedPPMs permanently now.
Watch again on @ITVX
As the campaign to #BanForcedPPMs enters a new phase, it’s time to thank those who have helped get this far. Especially the victims who have spoken out.
Our members and groups like @ThisWinterUK have been tireless.
But there are MPs and journalists that deserve our thanks (1/4)
Those suffering the most in cold damp homes are people on prepayment meters, research for @ThisWinterUK shows, with 36% of them saying they are living in cold and damp houses.
The Government must #BanForcedPPMs now.
#Norwich City Council last night unanimously passed a motion in support of calls to #BanForcedPPMs.
The city is the first local authority to call for Govt to ban prepayment meters being forcibly installed (or smart meters being turned onto pre-payment mode).
Thank you Norwich!
All eyes on #Norwich as the Council meets to discuss moves to #BanForcedPPMs and how the #energy market could better meet the needs of residents in the city.
Good luck to @GalvinLucy and @emmalhampton who we understand will be leading the debates.
https://www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk/council-set-to-become-first-to-debate-pre-payment-meters-scandal/
Are you a British Gas customer affected by the pre-payment meters #energybills scandal?
If so, @thetimes wants to hear from you.
DM us for more info. #BanForcedPPMs
