Some tricks that utility companies use to over charge companies

1. Gas meters measure in either Imperial or Metric units.  Calculations are obviously different depending on which measurement, but suppliers don’t always check the meter and the associated calculation applied to the number of units consumed.

2. Deviation from agreed Contract tariffs.  What was signed for is not what is necessarily charged.

3. Even if the Tariffs are correctly listed they may be transposed.  We recently discovered that the standing charge was incorrectly applied to another charge resulting in a £55,000 excess for one month alone.

4. If Notice of Termination isn’t correctly provided, and a contract is rolled you will probably pay around 30% more than the current market rate.  You can’t go to another supplier so why should the supplier give you a keen price?  Well that’s their logic I suppose.

5. If you don’t have a contract you will pay between 80 and 120% more than if you had a contract.

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