I have not been billed for business gas for 8 yrs how much could I be liable to repay

[Vienna64]

I moved into my present premises 8 years ago, have been using gas for that period and have never been billed/ We were visited by BG about two and half years ago, they monitored consumption for a couple of months but again no bill was issued.

I understand that the 'Code of practice for accurate bills' does not cover business users so I am not sure how far back they can go. Anybody with a similar story?:tinysmile_cry_t:

[shamen]

Re: I have not been billed for business gas for 8 yrs how much could I be liable to r

While I dont know the answer to your question regarding how long back can they go im very intrigued by this situation. It would be unusual for gas to be supplied and not billed, but even more unusual for the gas company to have actually come out, monitored consumption and then not bill - someone would have triggered that consumption monitoring be it the pipeline owners or the actual supplier registered for the meter.

Is it possible your company site has more than one unit, but the gas company is seeing it as 'one' unit (eg, your neighbour is getting all the bills)? Do you have your own meter on premises and when was it last read? Seems very very odd they would just 'forget' you (perhaps your meter fell through the cracks during supplier switchover sometime so now no supplier thinks they own delivery to that meter?

[leclerc]

Re: I have not been billed for business gas for 8 yrs how much could I be liable to r

Business consumers


This is the webpage from Ofgem and some businesses came into their remit in January 2010.

[QCKate]

Re: I have not been billed for business gas for 8 yrs how much could I be liable to r

I moved into my present premises 8 years ago, have been using gas for that period and have never been billed/ We were visited by BG about two and half years ago, they monitored consumption for a couple of months but again no bill was issued.

I understand that the 'Code of practice for accurate bills' does not cover business users so I am not sure how far back they can go. Anybody with a similar story?:tinysmile_cry_t:

As a start legally they wont be able to go back more than six years I believe. Every little helps....

good luck

QCK

[Celestine]

Re: I have not been billed for business gas for 8 yrs how much could I be liable to r

I run large office buildings for a council. We've just discovered one of our buildings has only been billed for one out of two electricity meters for 13 years.

Our legal team only confirmed for me today that Eon will be able to back bill up to 6 years.

In our case.....about half a million quid.......... so not too happy :tinysmile_aha_t:

Hope yours is less?