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Outstanding Alleged Debt

Junie64
Junie64 Posts: 1 Newbie
edited 11 November 2021 at 9:41AM in Energy
In 2016 i changed my energy provider from OVO.  Spoke with OVO to advise of the change of Gas/elec supplier and requested them to send details of anything outstanding.  Didn't hear anything from OVO i.e. final bill and 14 months later I left the property.  Now they have referred the debt to a debt collecting company who are harassing me for apparent outstanding amount of approx £200.  Do I have any come back regarding the fact I wasn't informed at the time of any outstanding debt?

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  • JJ_Egan
    JJ_Egan Posts: 20,281 Forumite
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    You have posted in oil and lpg section .
    Do you have final meter readings and final bill from Ovo .
  • Verdigris
    Verdigris Posts: 1,725 Forumite
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    It is normally up to the new supplier to inform the old supplier of a change. They then agree (with a third party adjudicator) on a mutual final/opening reading in the absence of one supplied by the consumer. If OVO didn't supply a final account withing 12 months you are in the clear, but you had better be sure of your ground. Are you certain you didn't receive a final account by any means?
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