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I have a dumb Prepay Meter but have been moved onto a Pay Monthly account

  • January 3, 2026
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Hi,

 

Thanks for reading. I have a dumb prepay meter, which I have been topping up with the prepay card. However, for some reason, about a month ago I was put on a pay monthly plan without my knowledge. I now owe £97 on this account, even though I have kept my prepay meter in credit.

I have also had a letter asking me to book a engineer visit to look at my gas meter. When I tried to book the visit, I explained the situation to the customer service team, and was told to ignore it and send pictures of my gas and electric meters over email - they would then verify the meters that way. I have done this, but I have received no follow up email, and no action has been taken regarding changing my account back to prepay. How do I get my account back to just prepay? Thanks in advance.

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Nukecad
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  • January 3, 2026

That's an odd thing to happen.

Is the prepayment meter still taking the usage and standing charge every day? Or is it now saying that there is a constant credit balance?

One more question jst to check something - is there still a display on the meter itself? (I assume that there is if you have topped up).

If it's gone blank (following a power cut) then that would help explain what has hapoened.


Nukecad
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  • January 3, 2026

 oops that double posted for some reason.


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  • January 4, 2026

Thanks for the reply. The prepayment meter is still taking money off for gas, so I’m effectively paying twice for it - once for the monthly and once for prepay. There hasn’t been any power cuts and the prepay meter is working fine. The plan is currently estimating my bill, but it doesn’t need to. as I have a paid card. I’m really at my wits end, and the chatbot is no held. 


Abby_OVO
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  • January 15, 2026

Hey ​@DGan1x 

 

Have you managed to get any further forward with this?

 

I’d recommend contacting the Support Team to look into this, as we don’t have access to accounts here at the Forum, it can be tricky to tell sometimes exactly what’s going on in some cases. This sounds like something with the account(s). 

 

They should be able to confirm what mode the meter is in, if you should be paying as you go or what’s happened and fix the fact you’re paying twice.


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