UK regulator Ofgem clamps down on forcible installation of energy pre-payment meters

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Britain’s energy regulator has introduced tougher curbs around suppliers’ use of pre-payment meters under new rules aimed at protecting vulnerable customers.

Ofgem said on Wednesday that, from November, energy companies would not be allowed to forcibly fit the devices in the homes of people with severe health…