Martin Lewis has subtly shared what he thinks of E.ON blaming him for 'bringing down Britain' on meter reading day.
Energy websites, including E.ON, appeared to falter today as customers rushed to submit meter readings before Friday's price jump. The issues - which appeared to be an industry-wide problem - came as experts urged householders to submit meter readings for gas and electricity to their supplier on Thursday to show exactly how much energy they have used ahead of Ofgem's price cap increasing from April 1.
This will prevent firms from estimating usage and potentially charging for energy used before April 1 at the higher rate. A message on the British Gas website told customers it was facing "some technical issues we're trying to resolve as quickly as possible".
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The message said customers could still submit readings but warned it could take "a little time to update your account with the meter reading you provided today". EDF Energy's website also reported problems, apparently as many people tried to submit their meter readings on their account.
The main page of EDF Energy was working, but when customers clicked through to the MyAccount page they were unable to log in. A message on the page reads: "Sorry... We're carrying out some essential maintenance work on our site. We'll be up and running again soon."
E.ON also seemed to be facing issues with letting customers log in to their accounts - however, their tweets, including one that has now been deleted, appeared to blame Martin Lewis for the crash.
One tweet, which is still live at the time of writing, said: "Martin has once again created unprecedented demand bringing down Britain, but don't worry, we can take your readings here and get them recorded for you. Just contact us by private message and we'll sort it for you."
Martin, while not publicly commenting on E.ON, shared several retweets. One of his retweets from finance editor Sam McFaul said: "Pretty outrageous to see @eon_next casually blaming @MartinSLewis for 'bringing down Britain' when his tip to read your meter today (which has been picked up everywhere) is actually for the benefit of Britain's consumers (tweet has since been deleted ofc)."
The MoneySavingExpert founder shared another tweet from user @ruthamydavidson, which said: "The cheek of them blaming it on you."
The ECHO has contacted E.ON for comment.
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