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The 'horror' expressed by #GrantShapps & the CEO of #Centrica, that people operating on their behalf are breaking into homes to install #prepaymeters is just yet more declaratory politics...
Of course they knew this was happening, but no doubt it was so masked in business gobbledygook that they were able to practice plausible deniability until a reporter (from the Times) went undercover & joined a crew doing the work...
There is no defence for their claimed 'ignorance' of what was being done!
@pthane@toot.wales@ChrisMayLA6 Prepay meters *could* be a way to help hard-up people budget. BUT they should be offered not compelled and the offer made attractive by a hefty discount on the standard tariff rather than a surcharge as at present. Customers get help with their budgeting and suppliers have fewer bad headlines and legal cases. #Centrica
@ChrisMayLA6 Historically the surcharge was, possibly, justifiable because the supplier has the extra hassle of sending a chap to each property to check and empty the meter and carry the cash back to the office. But with prepay cards the consumer is doing all the work and paying in advance, so they deserve a discount.