A proposal has been made by the Government that all electricity readings and bills should revert to the previous bi-mensual arrangement. Providers will be required to read meters every 2 months and produce bills arising from those readings.
This is not yet law, but is likely to be so in the near future.
The aim of this change is to ensure that consumers pay for what they have actually used and that estimates of consumption should be abolished.
As an addendum to this, providers have lobbied the government proposing that electricity prices will need to rise by 12% this year to cover increasing generation costs.
