600,000 energy customers have been warned their meters will be "switched off". Hundreds of thousands of energy customers have been handed a major update amid reports their meters will be phased ...

They typically use tariffs such as Economy 7 or Economy 10 which offer cheaper power at night – with the RTS signal telling meters when to switch those tariffs on and off. Installed in the 1980s ...

The problem is that the equipment is being switched off meaning people’s electrical and gas equipment will stop working. Mr Boulos said: “Older models of meter like these, in particular, if you’re on ...

Octopus Energy has asked UK households with outdated electricity meters to take action now or risk being cut off. The energy provider warned that customers still using radio teleswitch meters (RTS) ...

RTS meters were introduced in the 1980s and rely on longwave radio signals from the BBC’s transmitter to switch meters between peak and off-peak tariff rates. However the equipment which ...

meters to “act now” and get a meter upgrade from their energy supplier ahead of the system’s switch-off later this year. The campaign includes a TV advert featuring presenter Lorraine Kelly, who warns ...