Linky

Large-scale Linky meter fraud discovered in France

Illegal tampering of boxes allowed customers to save up to 75% in electricity bills

Linky meters may be used to halve electricity to 200,000 French homes

If approved, the trial would operate via the properties’ Linky smart meters. Participants would be informed by letter and have no right to opt out or to compensation

French pensioner has electricity cut after refusing Linky smart meter

He has now gone more than three weeks without power

French firms must pay €1.5k to woman after Linky error

Electricity firms EDF and Enedis have been ordered to pay €1,500 in damages to a woman in France who refused to pay her electricity bill after it wrongly soared following installation of a Linky smart meter.

Fears over French electric meter safety

French mother without electricity after Linky refusal

A mother and her five year-old daughter in France have been living without electricity for three weeks after the woman refused to have the controversial Linky electricity meter installed in her home.

French court ruling due on Linky meters ban

The case of 430 people who are demanding that Linky electric-ity meters are removed from their homes is set to be resolved by a court this month.

Village wins court battle to say no to Linky meter

Residents of one village will be able to choose freely whether or not to have controversial new Linky electricity meters fitted, a court has ruled.

Owners can shut out Linky

Power network firm Enedis cannot go into homes to fit Linky smart meters without the owners’ consent.

Another French commune rules against Linky meters

Residents in Blagnac (Haute-Garonne, Occitanie) are now legally allowed to refuse the installation of Linky energy meters in their homes, a French court has ruled.

Linky faces court challenge from 300 in Bordeaux

Around 300 people are taking joint legal action opposing the installation of new Linky electricity meters by Enedis.

Linky meter fitting ‘should be halted’

Possible legal action to halt the rollout

Ex-minister demands halt to Linky meter rollout

Former environment minister calls for investigation into possible health risks

No gas meter readings needed with 'smart' units

Gazpar meters to be fitted in 700,000 homes in 30 areas by the end of 2017, and in 11million properties in 2023

Sign up to check your power usage

People with Linky or Gazpar ‘smart’ meters for electricity or gas can now sign-in online to dedicated sites to get details of usage, set usage alerts or check their usage matches their tariff.

Protests grow over Linky

Nearly four million Linky smart electricity meters have been fitted over the past two years but protests are growing over their use, the data they gather on residents and the installers’ powers to ignore people who refuse them.