Resource details

Cutting back, cutting down, cutting off

Publisher:

Consumer Focus

Date:

July 2010

Summary:

This report is the biggest ever study of prepayment meter (PPM) energy customers. The research conducted shows that around one in six pre-pay households, or up to 1.4m people, are living in homes that have cut off their own energy supply in the last year. The evidence highlights that almost half of the households that disconnect their energy, are home to someone with an illness or disability, and two in five are home to children under 16. Furthermore, almost half of people who cut themselves off say it happens more in winter, when people most need to keep themselves warm.

Type:

Report

Frequency:

One-off