1.   In one case a Leeds man received a quarterly bill for more than three thousand pounds after British Gas engineers fitted his new meter back to front !

2.   But new meters will not generate electricity, and efforts to increase the amount of power have been hampered by poorly operating generators.

3.   For example, they say that the new meters mandated by the Postal Service will allow accounts to be reloaded over the phone.

4.   In devising new digital meters, the company can also draw on its experience in developing digital technology for the fax machines and copiers it produces.

5.   The new meters had been approved.

6.   The reason for these new meters is that they are able to accept not only coins but convenient, prepaid debit cards.

7.   There is no added fee for the new meters.

8.   He said, however, the installation of the new meters would be carried out in stages.

9.   However, the new meters now calculate fares based on distance and time.

10.   Many customers now believe, mistakenly, that they need new pipelines and a new meter to switch suppliers.