Electricity supplier from 2005 send 14day demand for payment out of the blue

[ebod_files]

I received an aggressive letter today from Good Energy telling me there's an overdue amount of 246 when they supplied my house from March until November in 2005!

As far as I was aware the bill was settled and I heard nothing more from them, having moved out of that property in August 2006 redirecting my mail for 3 months and never hearing from them again.

 

The Consumer Focus website advises that members of the Energy Retail Association can only backbill for a year, but Good Energy isn't part of the ERA.

 

Does anybody please have some advice?

[dx100uk]

yep ignore them!

 

matters not they are not a part of ERA.

 

dx

[ebod_files]

Consumer Direct adviced today that the Statute of Limitations Act 1980 states that suppliers can recover charges up to 6 years old.

 

So I went against your advice dx100uk and asked them to explain the bill.

 

Will see what they say!

[dx100uk]

i wonder what nottslad has to say on this.

 

although if they pull stunts like this no wonder they are not a member......

 

dx

[Mr lex]

Hi ebod,

 

You could do with sending a SAR to this outfit.

 

There is a template letter you can use here :-

 

http://www.consumerforums.com/resources/templates-library/48-bank-templates/110--data-protection-act-1998-subject-access-request-

 

It was written for banks so you will need to change parts of it to suit your own case. If you like, post yours on here and DX or myself will cast an eye over it.

 

Hope this helps,

 

Lex