Friends getting free gas should I report them

macman

FlaatusGoat said:

A lot of people questioning the quality of the installation. Again I'm not prepared to dox them or start giving people a breadcrumb trail but they used a reputable local firm (it's a well known company that's been in the town for decades) as I understand it the meter was never registered and their supplier kept dithering and not getting back to them when they tried. It was a 'computer says no' moment each time they rang.

So this isn't an illegal, unsafe, meterless connection, but just a shipperless supply? And they made attempts to find the supplier?

spot1034

Why not check the property on the 'who is my supplier' website?

Krakkkers

So they don't receive their £400?

JGB1955

Krakkkers said:

So they don't receive their £400?

They will, unless their electricity is also 'off grid'.

Krakkkers

Good point.

Krakkkers

How much do you reasonably have to do to inform the supplier if they continue to take no action to bill you?

paul_h

JGB1955 said:

Krakkkers said:

So they don't receive their £400?

They will, unless their electricity is also 'off grid'.

They'll probably get the extra £200 for having no mains gas connection. Double win!

macman

Krakkkers said:

How much do you reasonably you have to demonstarte that you've have to do to inform the supplier if they continue to take no action to bill you?

You have to demonstrate that you've taken reasonable measures to trace a supplier and get billed for your usage, But, if the supply has always been shipperless, they can't be back-billed anyway: as there is no supplier to back-bill them.

peter_the_piper

Is there any chance that they could be backbilled for the "Free" gas? If so maybe you would possibly be doing them a favour by dossing them in befor the bill gets too large.

macman

peter_the_piper said:

Is there any chance that they could be backbilled for the "Free" gas? If so maybe you would possibly be doing them a favour by dossing them in befor the bill gets too large.

You can't be back-billed for a shipperless supply, because there is no supplier.
You can't be back-billed for a meterless supply, because there is no measure of consumption.