Energy: Meters
(asked on 18th November 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what change there has been in the number of households using pre-payment meters in the last 10 years.
Ofgem closely monitors domestic energy supplies’ performance and publishes information on prepayment meters customer accounts in Great Britain. Ofgem does not monitor the gas and electricity supply market in Northern Ireland, as it is devolved matter.
The table below shows either the number or proportion of domestic customers paying by prepayment meters in Great Britain in 2006 to 2015. Smart meters operating in pay-as-you-go mode are also classified as PPM for these statistics. Ofgem has changed the way it presents the data on the number of households using pre-payment meters in its Domestic Suppliers Social Obligations annual reports, and this is accounted for in the table below.
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |||
| No. of PPMs customers (millions) | Proportion of PPMs customers | No. of PPMs customers (millions) | Proportion of PPMs customers | No. of PPMs customers (millions) | Proportion of PPMs customers |
Gas | 2.3 | -- | 2.3 | -- | 2.4 | -- |
Electricity | 3.6 | -- | 3.6 | -- | 3.6 | -- |
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |||
| No. of PPMs customers (millions) | Proportion of PPMs customers | No. of PPMs customers (millions) | Proportion of PPMs customers | No. of PPMs customers (millions) | Proportion of PPMs customers |
Gas | 2.6 | -- | 2.7 | -- | 2.91 | -- |
Electricity | 3.8 | -- | 4.0 | -- | 4.09 | -- |
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |||
| No. of PPMs customers (millions) | Proportion of PPMs customers | No. of PPMs customers (millions) | Proportion of PPMs customers | No. of PPMs customers (millions) | Proportion of PPMs customers |
Gas | 3.09 | -- | 3.28 | -- | 3.39 | 15% |
Electricity | 4.25 | -- | 4.42 | -- | 4.49 | 17% |
| 2015 | |
| No. of PPMs customers (millions) | Proportion of PPMs customers |
Gas | -- | 15.3% |
Electricity | -- | 16.6% |