How power giants are tricking and bullying us into getting smart meters: Suppliers arrange fittings without being asked and threaten to take away cheap deals

‘Energy companies are using high-pressure tactics to push customers into having smart meters in their homes — by scheduling dates to fit them without being asked and threatening to take away cheap deals.
Suppliers have been ordered by the Government to offer smart meters to all households in Britain by 2020 and face fines if they fail to meet the deadline.
Customers are not obliged to say ‘yes’ and can refuse to have one installed.
But Money Mail has been inundated with letters from readers who feel pressured into having one of the new meters and misled into thinking that they are compulsory.
They tell us they have been bombarded with calls, texts and letters even after they have refused one.’
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