The devices, which replace traditional meters that have ... who fall into energy debt also risk having their smart meters switched to prepayment mode – effectively cutting off their energy ...

But, not everyone likes smart meters ... Being on a traditional meter makes it slightly more difficult for suppliers to transfer the household onto a prepayment meter too. Suppliers have to ...

The committee said consumers with traditional meters were ... rising number of households were having their smart meters remotely switched to prepayment meters, sometimes without warning.

The rules are the same regardless of whether you have a smart meter or traditional meter. Energy firms are banned from forcibly installing prepayment meters if you: are over 75 and have no support at ...

If you have a smart prepayment meter, or pay for your gas and electricity by direct debit, you'll receive the discount automatically each month until March 2023. However, if you have a traditional ...

In the last five years, cases of providers installing traditional prepayment meters under warrant halved, but the number of smart meters switched over remotely has increased five-fold ...

National Energy Action (NEA) has accused energy companies of “leaning on both smart and traditional prepayment meters as a revenue protection mechanism”. Matt Copeland, from the NEA ...

But it's usually a costlier way to pay for energy compared to if you're on a traditional or smart energy meter. Citizens Advice estimates that those on prepayment meters will spend £258 a year ...

Energy firms will automatically apply the discount for these customers - whether that's through their bills or directly on to their smart prepayment meters. However, those on older, traditional ...