Submitted by Ellis Wyndham-Carrington on Saturday 21st January 2023
Published on Wednesday 25th January 2023
Current status: Open
Open until: Tuesday 25th July 2023
Current Signatures: 8
(count is updated approximately hourly)
Ban energy companies installing pre-payment meters without permission
Hundreds of thousands of people have been switched onto pre-payment metres for their energy bills, often unwillingly. This is disproportionately affecting those on the lowest incomes and is a driving force of fuel poverty which may lead to unnecessary deaths because people cannot afford energy.
I want the Government to ban the practice of installing a pre-payment meter without a customer's permission. This practice forces those on the lowest incomes to pay for higher energy bills when they are already struggling. Pre-payment meters cost more than direct debit payment. Nobody should be going cold in their home. If we do not ban the forced installations of pre-payment meters people, particularly those on the lowest incomes, will be forced into even further poverty than what they are. Action must be taken. Now.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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