Electric Back Bill

oranglou

I am after some advice please. Having lived in a rented property for 10 years, moving out a year ago, I have just received a 'final bill' from EDF for the amount of £2,150. I paid all bills that were sent to me, they were quite low, but I was hardly there and they even sent an engineer out many years ago to check the meter was working correctly. The meter also had been read, but usually estimated or I informed them of reading. The bill is broken down based on estimates from 2014 to 2019 for day and night rates. I assume they are guessing the monthly usage as the amounts/rates change throughout? Are they allowed to chase this amount? Where do I stand with them?

Gerry1

Welcome to the forum.  Unfortunately, it's the wrong one, so it will get few replies.

Try posting in Energy.

greatcrested

If you owe them, yes they can chase the amount.

You say: "The bill is broken down based on estimates from 2014 to 2019" so naturaly the actual bill may not reflect what you've been previously billed as that was estimated.

Yet you also say: "The meter also had been read, but usually estimated or I informed them of reading." So how often and when was it read, either by them or you?

Look back at your earlier bills and see whether

a) they are all estimated

b) the readings match what you are now being billed for.

But frankly, since " I paid all bills that were sent to me, they were quite low," combined with your apparantly laid-back attitude to checking meter readings, it's not surprising you've built up a debt.