Uswitch comments on proposals to cap prepayment meter warrant charges for consumers in debt

Ofgem has today published proposals to cap charges for installing prepayment meters under warrant. Commenting on the news, Claire Osborne, Uswitch.com energy expert, says: “Ofgem figures suggest energy customers could have been charged around £30 million for prepayment meters installed under warrant last year alone. Moves by the regulator to help the millions of consumers already struggling to keep warm by capping these costs are welcome.

“The most vulnerable customers have been forced deeper into debt because of sky-high installation costs. It’s only right that suppliers should be banned altogether from charging these consumers for installing prepayment meters under warrant.”

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