{"id":600,"date":"2025-05-10T08:01:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T08:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vecimasupport.com\/?p=600"},"modified":"2025-05-13T00:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T00:22:09","slug":"energy-suppliers-to-refund-households-7000000-after-overcharging-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vecimasupport.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/10\/energy-suppliers-to-refund-households-7000000-after-overcharging-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy suppliers to refund households \u00a37,000,000 after overcharging customers"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vecimasupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1797845576-d455.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22796645\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Suppliers have agreed to issue refunds (Picture: AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"metro-article-audio-player\" data-vars-type=\"article-audio-player\">\n<div class=\"metro-article-audio-player-play-row\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"metro-article-audio-player-play-button\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<title>Listen to article<\/title>\t\t\t\t\t<span>Listen to article<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-container\"><img class=\"sponsor-image\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/metro\/includes\/site-blocks\/article-audio\/assets\/powered-by.png\" alt=\"Powered by\" data-rewritten=\"false\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"audio-controls hidden\">\n\t\t\t\t<audio class=\"audio-element\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ElevenLabs_2025-05-10T09_35_05_Axell-British-YouTube-Personality-_pvc_sp100_s50_sb75_se50_b_m2-885b.mp3\" controls id=\"audio-68227370b2e56\">\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tYour browser does not support the audio element.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/audio>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ten <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/05\/09\/major-energy-company-offering-two-hours-free-a-week-help-lower-bills-23055961\/\">energy suppliers<\/a> are paying customers \u00a37 million in refunds after overcharging them for five years.<\/p>\n<p>More than 34,000 customers across the UK with at least two electricity meters in the property overpaid <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/03\/31\/save-household-bills-prices-sky-rocket-less-24-hours-22810848\/\">their bills<\/a> between 2019 and 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Ofgem said customers were &#8216;erroneously charged more than is allowed under the price cap when combined with unit rates&#8217;. <\/p>\n<p>After investigating the issue, suppliers agreed to issue \u00a35 million in refunds and \u00a31.4 million in goodwill payments. <\/p>\n<p>Octopus Energy had 20,862 most customers affected, and will pay out \u00a32.6 million in total refunds. <\/p>\n<p>Eon Next, Ecotricity, EDF, Outfox the Market, Ovo Energy, Rebel Energy, So Energy, Tru Energy and Utility Warehouse are also issuing refunds. <\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tWhich energy suppliers overcharged customers?\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<p><strong>Eon Next &#8211; <\/strong>160 customers affected<\/p>\n<p>Total Refunds &#8211; \u00a345,195.82<\/p>\n<p>Total goodwill payments &#8211; \u00a39,330.33&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ecotricity&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8211; 166 customers affected <\/p>\n<p>Total Refunds &#8211; \u00a336,633.12&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Total goodwill payments &#8211; \u00a318,904.35&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>EDF Energy <\/strong>&#8211;<strong> <\/strong>3 customers affected<\/p>\n<p>Total Refunds &#8211; \u00a3112.29&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Total goodwill payments &#8211; \u00a330.00&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Octopus Energy <\/strong>&#8211; 20,862 customers affected<\/p>\n<p>Total Refunds &#8211; \u00a32,636,884.00&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Total goodwill payments &#8211; \u00a3546,278.00&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outfox The Market<\/strong> &#8211; 570 customers affected<\/p>\n<p>Total Refunds -\u00a36,106.06&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Total goodwill payments &#8211; \u00a34,590.00&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ovo Energy <\/strong>&#8211; 2,372 customers affected <\/p>\n<p>Total Refunds &#8211; \u00a3602,066.05&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Total goodwill payments &#8211; \u00a3280,068.73&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rebel Energy <\/strong>&#8211; 15 customers affected<\/p>\n<p>Total Refunds &#8211; \u00a32,339.49&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Total goodwill payments &#8211; \u00a3575.00&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>So Energy <\/strong>&#8211; 1,558 customers affected <\/p>\n<p>Total Refunds &#8211; \u00a3266,041.16&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Total goodwill payments &#8211; \u00a358,285.85&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tru Energy <\/strong>&#8211; 70 customers affected<\/p>\n<p>Total Refunds &#8211; \u00a37,486.54&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Total goodwill payments &#8211; \u00a311,663.00&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Utility Warehouse<\/strong> &#8211; 8,272 customers affected<\/p>\n<p>Total Refunds &#8211; \u00a32,043,098.84&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Total goodwill payments &#8211; \u00a3453,960.00&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Charlotte Friel, director of retail pricing and systems at Ofgem, said: &#8216;We expect all suppliers to have robust processes in place so they can bill their customers accurately.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;While it&#8217;s clear that on this occasion errors were made, thankfully, the issues were promptly resolved, and customers are being refunded.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Today&#8217;s outcome serves as a reminder to all energy suppliers that they must implement the price cap properly and do their due diligence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It also shows that, where appropriate, Ofgem is prepared to work with suppliers that fail to comply with our rules.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who is eligible to get a refund? <\/h2>\n<p>Affected customers will be refunded automatically. <\/p>\n<p>If customers have since changed supplier, they will be contacted by their previous company to arrange a refund. <\/p>\n<p>Rebel Energy, which closed last month and left 90,000 homes without a supplier, will be refunded. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong><strong><strong>Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:webnews@metro.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this, <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suppliers have agreed to issue refunds (Picture: AFP) Listen to article Listen to article Your browser does not support the audio element. 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