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E-on charging without contractual agreement!!
A kind of strange predicament here. The company I work for intend to extend their operations to another area and started to pay rent for a big shed on a farmers land. They have been awaiting planning permission for over 4 months now and hope to move in very soon.
So, a bill arrives from E-on stating that we owe them £2456 for the standing charges for the shed from when we started paying rent for it. Now in this period, we have never used as much as one unit of electric and have never signed to say we wish to receive energy from E-on. How does this work if we have not even used any energy and not even signed to get our energy from them?
E-on state that "you did not cancel the standing charge and therefore are liable for the charges", but how could we if we were not even the original customer?
Does this then mean that if the shed had lain empty for 10 years that the next customer to rent it would be liable for 10 years standing charge?
Any advice would be great.
John
So, a bill arrives from E-on stating that we owe them £2456 for the standing charges for the shed from when we started paying rent for it. Now in this period, we have never used as much as one unit of electric and have never signed to say we wish to receive energy from E-on. How does this work if we have not even used any energy and not even signed to get our energy from them?
E-on state that "you did not cancel the standing charge and therefore are liable for the charges", but how could we if we were not even the original customer?
Does this then mean that if the shed had lain empty for 10 years that the next customer to rent it would be liable for 10 years standing charge?
Any advice would be great.
John
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The person responsible for the property (e.g. owner, tenant, etc) is responsible for paying the charges associated with the energy supply to that property.
If your employer has rented the shed for 4 months, the supplier is able to charge your employer for that period of time (assuming there is nothing in the tenancy agreement saying the LL is responsible for paying the bills)
If the shed had lain empty for 10 years, the same applies - but I'm not sure your employer would have paid rent for 10 years, so it would be the responsibility of the shed owner/LL."Now to trolling as a concept. .... Personally, I've always found it a little sad that people choose to spend such a large proportion of their lives in this way but they do, and we have to deal with it." - MSE Forum Manager 6th July 20100 -
The farmer who owns the shed had rented it out to someone previously, who I take it had accepted the energy contract with e-on. So does this still mean that the farmer who owns the shed is responsible for the standing charges for energy supply, even though no energy was consumed once the previous incumbent had left?0
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No, not unless the tenancy agreement stipulates that the rent includes the cost of energy supplied. Usually the tenant pays the energy bill, as explained in my previous post.
The owner would only be responsible for the void period (if any) between the last tenant and the current tenant"Now to trolling as a concept. .... Personally, I've always found it a little sad that people choose to spend such a large proportion of their lives in this way but they do, and we have to deal with it." - MSE Forum Manager 6th July 20100
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