A MAN has been forced to sleep in his campervan after being left without an energy supply in his flat for months.

Darryl Moore, a 32-year-old living in Poole, has been without gas for more than three months due to a suspected fault with his smart meter.

Living alone, and without any heating, hot water, or gas, Darryl has seen his campervan as a better option than his flat, which he continues to pay £1200 a month for.

And with his energy supplier SSE reportedly “not doing anything” about the issue, Darryl does not expect his living arrangements to change anytime soon.

Darryl said: “It’s been horrible. I work away all week and live in a lorry for work, so I have to sleep in laybys. I come home two days a week, and the least I want is to come back to my warm flat and be able to cook. But I literally can’t do anything. I can’t even wash my hands with warm water.

“I shouldn’t have to live like that.

“Being autistic and not having many people around me I feel I have to fight for what is right. But SSE don’t care.”

Darryl first experienced issues in December 2020 when he had new smart meters installed by SSE. Issues during the re-fit meant he was left without gas for a month in the run up to Christmas.

Then, in August this year, further problems arose when his ‘top-up’ payments failed in going through to the meter, seeing it accrue debt, despite the money coming out of his bank.

As a result, he has been without gas ever since.

He says he was told by SSE that the meter were faulty and his pleas for an engineer to come and fix them had been ignored.

After the Daily Echo contacted SSE for a comment, it is understood action was taken.

A spokesperson for the energy company said: “We’re very sorry to Mr Moore for the shortfalls in service. We can confirm his meter is now working following a visit from an engineer and he’s back on supply.”

However, Darryl said SSE have only supplied a manual top up to get the gas back on. He claims the meter itself hasn’t been fixed, and he would be “back to square one” once the manual top up runs out.