'Highway Man' Prepayment Meters?

Prepayment meters require users to 'hand over' their cash, before they receive any electricity or gas. Such meters are the least economic way of paying for energy. The UK is currently experiencing a 'cost of living crisis'. Many of its poorer folk, are finding it difficult to both eat and heat. Some homes have essential medical equipment, draining energy, to keep people alive. In spite of these considerations, UK energy companies have used court-obtained warrants, to forcibly install prepayment meters in homes. In 2022, 94,000 meters were forcibly installed. Most were placed in the homes of poor people. Sometimes, gaining access to properties to install the meter, appeared to be obtained by very dubious means (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/mar/27/uk-energy-firms-forcibly-installed-prepayment-meters). Given repeated news of extensive delays in the UK's legal system, its remarkable how quickly batches of warrants were obtained. The worst offending UK energy companies, in this 'march of the prepayment meters', were Scottish Power and British Gas. 'Stand and deliver!' Nothing must obstruct our record profits!