Gas prepayment meter screens

Man pressing button on his gas prepayment meter

Gas prepayment meter screens can show you a lot of information. This page will help you understand it.

Your gas prepayment meter should have a display screen. Pressing the red/orange button on the meter will change the information on the screen.

  • The screen usually shows how much credit is on the meter or the remaining emergency credit.
  • To view more information, press and hold the red/orange button until the meter beeps.
  • Press the red/orange button again to move to the next screen.

 

What the gas prepayment meter screens show

ScreenWhat the screen showsExample
00How much credit you have on your meter£10.00
01How much of your last top up was taken to repay debt£3.75
02How much of your last top up was taken to repay emergency credit£1.00
03How much of your last top up went towards gas£6.00
04Time11:57
05-10Expensive and cheap rates charged per unit of gas (usually on screens 04 and 05)2.659p
1.503p
11-15Number of units you must use in a day before you are charged the cheaper rate for gas12.56
16How many calories each unit of gas has41.1
17Standing charge£0.32
18-19Not used
20How many days in between bills/statements91
21Amount of credit you have left when the meter offers you emergency credit£2.00
22Total amount of emergency credit available£4.00
23Minimum percentage of each amount of credit that will always go towards gas30%
24Percentage of each amount of credit that will always go towards repaying debt30%
25Percentage of each amount of credit that will always go towards repaying any emergency credit used40%
26Amount that will be taken every Wednesday for debt£3.75
27Amount of debt still to be paid back£46.00
28-31Information on non-gas debt, for example to do with repairs£0.00

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