Back billing advise

ngc5195fly

Hi all,
I am after some advice in regards to a recent final bill issued by my old supplier that ceased trading in September last year. 

Long story short, my current gas and electricity provider EDF took over from utility point when they ceased trading in September last year. I didn’t hear anything from utility point for obvious reasons up until today when a final utility point bill was applied to my EDF account. 

Now my understanding is that the bill is well over a year old so my question is whether I am still liable for this or do I have a case to argue at all? I tried looking online but couldn’t see anyone else in my situation so I thought I’d ask. Thanks in advance for any replies. 

Astria

Chances are EDF were billed for the payment when they took over your service and have only just applied it to your balance.

If you have never had a bill or statement for the period you mention I would contact EDF and explain this.

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ngc5195fly said:

Now my understanding is that the bill is well over a year old so my question is whether I am still liable for this or do I have a case to argue at all? 

Back billing doesn't mean "everything over a year ago gets cancelled", despite that being how many people seem to understand it.

It actually only applies in a relatively small number of circumstances.

I'm not aware whether yours is one of these or not (I'm not an expert in that side of things) but others will likely know.

I don't see anything unusual in your circumstances - final bills from failed suppliers are often extremely slow.

ngc5195fly

[Deleted User] said:

ngc5195fly said:

Now my understanding is that the bill is well over a year old so my question is whether I am still liable for this or do I have a case to argue at all? 

Back billing doesn't mean "everything over a year ago gets cancelled", despite that being how many people seem to understand it.

It actually only applies in a relatively small number of circumstances.

I'm not aware whether yours is one of these or not (I'm not an expert in that side of things) but others will likely know.

I don't see anything unusual in your circumstances - final bills from failed suppliers are often extremely slow.

Thanks for your reply. I wasn’t sure if I’m honest hence why I wanted to know what others thought except that my final bill seems to be close to £600…

[Deleted User]

ngc5195fly said:

[Deleted User] said:

ngc5195fly said:

Now my understanding is that the bill is well over a year old so my question is whether I am still liable for this or do I have a case to argue at all? 

Back billing doesn't mean "everything over a year ago gets cancelled", despite that being how many people seem to understand it.

It actually only applies in a relatively small number of circumstances.

I'm not aware whether yours is one of these or not (I'm not an expert in that side of things) but others will likely know.

I don't see anything unusual in your circumstances - final bills from failed suppliers are often extremely slow.

Thanks for your reply. I wasn’t sure if I’m honest hence why I wanted to know what others thought except that my final bill seems to be close to £600…

But as you were supplying regular meter readings, these are all units that you have used and just hadn't paid EdF for yet...?

ngc5195fly

[Deleted User] said:

ngc5195fly said:

[Deleted User] said:

ngc5195fly said:

Now my understanding is that the bill is well over a year old so my question is whether I am still liable for this or do I have a case to argue at all? 

Back billing doesn't mean "everything over a year ago gets cancelled", despite that being how many people seem to understand it.

It actually only applies in a relatively small number of circumstances.

I'm not aware whether yours is one of these or not (I'm not an expert in that side of things) but others will likely know.

I don't see anything unusual in your circumstances - final bills from failed suppliers are often extremely slow.

Thanks for your reply. I wasn’t sure if I’m honest hence why I wanted to know what others thought except that my final bill seems to be close to £600…

But as you were supplying regular meter readings, these are all units that you have used and just hadn't paid EdF for yet...?

I’ve no idea I have asked for an itemised bill for this charge so I can look into it in more detail although this makes no sense not for this amount anyway.

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The last meter reading on this bill should be the same as the first meter reading on your first bill from EdF - that's something to check.

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I didn’t hear anything from utility point for obvious reasons up until today when a final utility point bill was applied to my EDF account. 

BackBilling only applies to suppliers that hold a Supply Licence. Utility Point lost its Supply Licence on the day that EDF was appointed as the SoLR. As this bill relates to a failed supplier then as far as I know there are no specific regulations on how long the Administrator has to raise a Final Bill. 

For convenience, most failed suppliers tend to recover monies owed via the SoLR: some appear to have dealt with debtors directly. In England, they have 6 years under the Statute of Limitations to recover the money owed.