More than 800,000 homes with Radio Teleswitch energy meters should have the devices replaced by 30 June 2025 to avoid losing access to heating and hot water. RTS meters piggyback off the long-wave channel for BBC Radio 4 in order to communicate with energy firms, and many date back to the 1980s. Energy firms pay the BBC to keep these …
Last legs: These Droitwich transmission towers are all that's keeping the RTS service going Two decades-old pieces of glass and metal are all that stands between 900,000 UK energy meters working properly or being severely disrupted, and even turned off. In the last few weeks and months, many energy firms have been contacting their Economy 7 and 10 customers to …
