Prepayment meters are usually used by lower income households or those that don t pass the credit check needed to pay for energy quarterly or monthly.
Pay as you go electricity key.
To get your emergency credit just insert your key into the meter and it will transfer your 5 credit.
With a credit meter you pay for energy used in the preceding month or quarter.
You can collect a new one from your nearest payzone.
This is to make sure your supply doesn t stop.
You just need to take your electricity key or gas card to your nearest paypoint or post office branch.
Getting a new card or key for your meter.
You can add funds to your prepayment key or card at any paypoint payzone outlet or post office.
Prepayment meters allow you to use energy on a pay as you go basis and can be topped up with a key or card.
The top ups work in a variety of different ways.
Edf energy prepayment meters help you to manage your energy use and control your spending.
Contact our pay as you go live chat agents to get a new one.
You re given a top up key for electricity and top up card for gas which are loaded with information about your property and energy tariff.
Electricity meters and emergency credit.
Alternatively we can post you a new card or key within three working days.
At this point we can give you 5 emergency credit.
When your electricity meter beeps it s a warning that you ve got less than 50p of credit left.
Pay as you go i tried to top up my gas card for the first time after summer why is it not working.
Prepayment meters work a bit like a pay as you go mobile phone you have to top up with credit to get your gas and electricity.
A pay as you go meter also known as a prepayment or prepaid meter allows you to pay for your gas and electricity as you use it.
You won t get regular bills from us but we will send you a yearly statement.
It helps you budget for your energy use by showing you how much you use every day.
It s important to keep your gas and electricity meters topped up.
Prepayment meters supply energy on a pay as you go basis instead of paying by direct debit or on receipt of a bill.
It s easy to keep your pay as you go meter topped up.
If you have not vended regularly over the summer months you may owe the meter for missed standing charges or missed weekly debt recovery amounts.
Don t worry if you ve lost your card or key think it might be stolen or if it isn t working.