Confusion as goalposts change on meter plans

The UK Government have once again changed their plan for the end of the Radio Teleswitch Service (RTS).

- Dave Doogan

This has important implications if you or anyone you know still has an RTS Meter.

RTS allows some consumers to receive cheaper rates for electricity at off-peak times, and in some cases directly controls your heating via radio signals.

When RTS ends, customers who haven't replaced their RTS meter may find themselves with far higher energy bills, or even with heating set permanently to “on”or“off”.

The switch was supposed to happen on June 30, but progress has been far too slow.

In April there were still 125,000 RTS meters in Scotland.