Warning for 10million households to take meter readings this weekend – or risk being overcharged...

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Millions of households should take a meter reading this weekend to avoid being overchargedThe average household energy bill is set to fall to its lowest point in two years from April 1 afteris dropping its price cap by 12.3% from the current £1,928 for a typical dual fuel household in England, Scotland and Wales to £1,690, a drop of £238 over a year or around £20 a month.

A quarter of those who have not submitted their readings in the last three months said they forgot to, while 17% said it was “too much hassle”, Uswitch said.Ben Gallizzi, energy spokesman at Uswitch.com, said: “We urge any households without a smart meter to submit their meter readings this bank holiday weekend, so their supplier has an updated and accurate view of your account on or around April 1.

“All households without a smart meter should ideally submit a meter reading every month to improve the accuracy of their bills.”There should be a digital display or dial with numbers on it, which you can then report to your supplier.This can be done in several ways depending on who you're with, like via app, text message phone or website, so check with your supplier.

If you have a digital metric meter showing five numbers and then a decimal place, you only need to write down the first five numbers from left to right.Blue Peter host, 69, looks completely unrecognisable 38 years after BBC show

 

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