@19grand @dmcbfs No, for three reasons. They paid the electricity credit in smaller installments there and earlier. They have fewer PAYG meter customers. We have higher reliance on oil heating.
Those three things mean just offsetting electric costs against other bills won't work here. >
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/naomi_long/status/1603721628092796928
@19grand @dmcbfs That means you need to get the credit to your electric bill but then be able to cash that out to pay for oil/gas/other necessities you've been forgoing to pay utilities.
It's the cashing out that is the main problem and particularly for PAYG customers. >
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/naomi_long/status/1603722326616330245
@19grand @dmcbfs Cards are linked to a meter, not a household/person. That means no-one can steal your card and use your credit. However, if cash out the credit, there is no way of telling if the person with the card is actually the owner. That could leave people vulnerable to exploitation.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/naomi_long/status/1603723721843572736
