It’s been a very tedious experience. “Scottish Power did attempt to fit a smart meter, but my gas is medium flow and three times they sent out the wrong engineer.

And he says he was told smart meters are 'never wrong'. When he turned it back on to check, the meter had registered another £25,000 on electricity in one day - and £960 in gas.

He had a faulty gas meter that recorded usage at 11 times more than what was actually used. Victorian man’s gas bill almost cost him $24,000.

THE door on my gas meter cupboard blew open causing £400 damage to my friend's car parked in my drive. Lifestyle dailyrecord Administrator 13:34, 01 Jul 2012Updated 23:44, 01 Jul 2012 ...

A man has resorted to unplugging his smart meter and locking it away in a cupboard after it told him he had spent £40,000 in one day on electricity. Paul Davies says he contacted EDF about the ...