Energy: Meters
(asked on 1st November 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many households were switched to prepayment by their energy supplier (a) under warrant and (b) via smart meter in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021 and (d) 2022 to date.
The independent regulator Ofgem collects data on prepayment meters (PPM) and has provided this information.
| PPMs installed for debt on a warrant visit - Elec | PPMs installed for debt on a warrant visit - Gas |
2019 | 34,047 | 33,050 |
2020 | 11,265 | 9,485 |
2021 | 27,754 | 21,798 |
| Smart - Number remotely switched credit to PPM (debt or not debt) - Elec | Smart - Number remotely switched credit to PPM (debt or not debt) - Gas |
2019 | 65,565 | 36,194 |
2020 | 56,488 | 38,899 |
2021 | 108,012 | 152,118 |
Up to 30/06/2022 | 74,637 | 49,426 |