Electricity and eviction

chenille

Blackpool_Saver wrote: »

utter rubbish, phone up and make payments against the usage using your account number, you do not need to wait until you get anything, pay over the phone. Yes they are at fault but so are you for not making payments

Do you think I haven't tried to do this ?

RAS

Far better to get the electricity bills paid up. Doubt it has anythig to do with your redundency.

Note the LL will not be happy about you getting a pre-payment meter and could well charge you a fee for getting it removed when you leave.

Are you in a fixed term or periodic tenancy?

chenille

Shorthold, the flat next to me had a pre-payment meter installed and he is (long term) unemployed. The letting agent lady read his meter too.

bouicca21

If Chenille's case is anything like mine - you can't pay if you don't have an account number. I don't know about Eon but believe me, the folk at EDF live in some kind of alternate universe. Presumably one invented by Kafka.

chenille

I don't have an account number, e-on kept assuring me they would create one and have the meter read but time has gone by and it's all come to a head.

G_M

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Is the electricity bill in your name? Or the agencies?

Your post is light on details.
If you want a sensible answer, soon, then recitfy this.

In particular: what does your tenancy agreement say about the utility/electricity charges?

If the tenancy agreement makes you responsible, then this is between you and E-on. Nothing to do with the landlord or agency.

If the tenancy agreement says the rent includes electricity, then the landlord/agency is at fault for not paying E-on.

If the tenancy agreement says you will be billed separately by the landlord (via the agent perhaps) for electricity, then if/when the landlord gives you a bill, pay it. Meanwhile you have noobligation topay E-on, but should facilitate the installation of a meter if/when requested.

Eviction? By who? For what reason ?

(Of course, if your tenancy is Periodic (monthly) no reason is needed).

BitterAndTwisted

chenille wrote: »

I don't have an account number, e-on kept assuring me they would create one and have the meter read but time has gone by and it's all come to a head.

You don't need an account number: you should have been able to give them a meter-number and they can create an account for you from that. You don't need the supplier to come round and read the meter, you should have taken a meter-reading yourself when you moved in and given it to the supplier to create your account from.

Two years and no payment means they would have cut you off and installed a pre-payment meter by now, and they can modify it to claw back what you've used and not paid for to date.

chenille

G_M wrote: »

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS otherwise no one can advise you.
In particular: what does your tenancy agreement say about the utility/electricity charges?

If the tenancy agreement makes you responsible, then this is between you and E-on. Nothing to do with the landlord or agency.

If the tenancy agreement says the rent includes electricity, then the landlord/agency is at fault for not paying E-on.

If the tenancy agreement says you will be billed separately by the landlord (via the agent perhaps) for electricity, then if/when the landlord gives you a bill, pay it. Meanwhile you have noobligation topay E-on, but should facilitate the installation of a meter if/when requested.

Eviction? By who? For what reason ?

(Of course, if your tenancy is Periodic (monthly) no reason is needed).

Don't know who has an account with them, e-on was going to create an account for me but never happened even though I kept ringing them up.
In my rental agreement ..
'pay direct to the appropriate authority all charges for gas, electricity fuel and water which shall be consumed or supplied on or to the property'.
Just electricity and water and bang up-to-date with the water.

chenille

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

You don't need an account number: you should have been able to give them a meter-number and they can create an account for you from that. You don't need the supplier to come round and read the meter, you should have taken a meter-reading yourself when you moved in and given it to the supplier to create your account from.

Two years and no payment means they would have cut you off and installed a pre-payment meter by now, and they can modify it to claw back what you've used and not paid for to date.

I gave them the meter number, I give them every number that was on that meter and on more than one occasion.

45002

Blackpool_Saver wrote: »

another wind up, not paid for 2 years eh? ..........jog on

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there was even one who claimed to have No bill for 5 years

tripled wrote: »

Provided you have been making reasonable efforts to register and resolve the issue, you shouldn't be back-billed more than 12 months.

http://www.consumerfocus.org.uk/files/2010/01/Back-billing-leaflet-2012.pdf

The back-billing principle may not apply if you:
•
Have been using the gas or electricity supply but
have made no attempt to contact the supplier
to arrange payment. This includes moving into a
property and making no attempt to let a supplier
know you are the new tenant or homeowner;
•
Have wilfully avoided payment;
•
Have not co-operated with attempts to obtain
meter readings or resolve queries requested by
the supplier. This includes failing to allow access
to the property or failing to respond to requests
for meter details or meter readings