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Not being billed for power

das
das Posts: 33 Forumite
Hi,

I moved back into my own house 2 years ago after letting it out while I was working away. The gas meter was on pre-pay so I phoned Transco to get a monthly one installed. Trouble is now, I have not been billed for 2 years and am starting to get a bit nervous about it. I am on a DMP and haven't got 2 year's of gas money saved away.

Can any of you offer any advice? What are the possible outcomes, where do I stand, etc.

Thanks in advance.

das

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  • Cardew
    Cardew Posts: 29,064 Forumite
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    DMP?

    Monthly meter? Do you mean a credit meter?

    Why Transco?

    Who fitted the new meter?

    Who is your utility company(i.e.) who supplies the gas?

    What about electricity?

    Did you tell them you had moved back in to your own house?
  • PNPSUKNET
    PNPSUKNET Posts: 4,265 Forumite
    transco would of done the work for a third party, you would still of had a supplier
  • das
    das Posts: 33 Forumite
    Cardew wrote: »
    DMP?

    Monthly meter? Do you mean a credit meter?

    Why Transco?

    Who fitted the new meter?

    Who is your utility company(i.e.) who supplies the gas?

    What about electricity?

    Did you tell them you had moved back in to your own house?

    DMP - Debt Management Plan

    Monthly meter, yes, credit meter.

    Transco because my supplier wouldn't fit a credit meter until I had been with them for 3 months, even though my electric meter was a credit one. So I just phoned the infrastructure people (Transco) direct as it was crippling me paying on the token one.

    Same supplier as my electric (Utilita)

    Yes, I told them it was my house.

    Cheers.
  • Fire_Fox
    Fire_Fox Posts: 26,026 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    On a Debt Management Plan you usually agree not to accrue any further debt, you also budget for essentials such as energy before your debt repayments are decided. Therefore if you have not been paying for gas but have been budgeting for it you should have the money in a savings account.
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  • das
    das Posts: 33 Forumite
    Fire_Fox wrote: »
    On a Debt Management Plan you usually agree not to accrue any further debt, you also budget for essentials such as energy before your debt repayments are decided. Therefore if you have not been paying for gas but have been budgeting for it you should have the money in a savings account.

    I really do take your point but this was just before I went onto the DMP and completely (and genuinely) forgot all about the gas issue as I had so many other debts to worry about.
  • PNPSUKNET
    PNPSUKNET Posts: 4,265 Forumite
    the only way you could of got the credit meter was if you paid for it, national grid dont just fit them on a consumers say so
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