if you ignore the meter reader for over 10 mths it will then be sent to a
nother meter reader as a "must read" they will then attempt to read your
meter at all times of day and night if they fail to read be careful as they
can and will get a warrent to enter the property to read the meters and
inspect then
as for the meter readers trying to get you to change suppliers this is not
the case with 90% of readers employed by accuread reading meters for all
the suppliers except the old regional electical suppliers e.g southern
electric
"Colin Wilson" wrote in message
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Can anyone explain what is going on

a) the government made a ******** of things
b) the companies all have to make a profit

A meter now, under the auspices of the regulator (put in place to
allow the government to blame someone else for their failure) should
ideally be read by a human every 12 months - and IIRC it should
"definitely" be read every two years. Reducing the number of real
readings allows a company to shed staff thereby increasing their
"efficiency", while at the same time producing zero benefit for the
customer.

Ignore the repeated annoying visits from meter readers, as much of the
time the readings are wrong, made up at random, transposed digits, or
just an excuse to try to persuade you to change supplier to them.

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