Rush to register meter readings before biggest increase in gas and electricity prices leads to outages
The websites of energy providers are struggling to cope with a deluge of traffic on “bleak Friday”, as the largest increase in gas and electricity prices in living memory takes effect on the same day as a string of scheduled rises to taxes and household services.
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