Over a quarter of Scots households on pre-payment smart meters were left without power between July and September last year, according to the UK Government.
More than 65,000 of the roughly 200,000 Scots households that use pre-payment smart meters were left without energy after running out of credit during the third quarter of 2022.
This comes after the business secretary Grant Shapps asked energy suppliers to stop forcing households struggling with energy bills to pre-payment meters. Prepayment meters are often more expensive.
