Prepayment meters: Magistrates told to stop allowing forced installations

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"However, it has now come to light that Ofgem has become sufficiently concerned at the operation of suppliers as to ask all energy companies to suspend forced installation of prepayment meters," he said.
"In light of that, applications for warrants of entry for the purpose of installing a prepayment meter should, with immediate effect, cease to be listed and no further such applications are to be determined until further notice."
Image source, Getty Images A warrant officer, who has applied for prepayment meter warrants on behalf of energy companies for two decades, has told BBC Newsnight he welcomes the decision to stop processing prepayment warrants, but claims it has been a serious concern for years.
Lord Justice Edis said that while energy firms could still make a case for a warrant to be heard, they would have to first satisfy a court "in detail as to the integrity of their procedures, in particular relating to the vulnerability of occupiers".