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Energy Ombudsman service
E.ON is a member of the Ombudsman Services for Energy. In the unlikely event that we are not able to resolve your complaint, you can refer it to the Energy Ombudsman.
The Energy Ombudsman Service is a free and independent service there to resolve disputes between customers and energy companies that have not been resolved within 8 weeks.
You can find out more information on the Energy Ombudsman website.
If you’re a SME customer, you can also refer your complaint to the Ombudsman if your business meets certain criteria.
To use this service your business must consume less than 100,000 kWh of electricity or 293,000 kWh of gas yearly, or have fewer than 10 employees (or their full time equivalent) and an annual turnover or balance sheet of less than 2 million Euros.
What you should expect from us
An appointment has been agreed with you
On the day of the appointment we will make sure we arrive at your property on time and the technician has the required skills and resources to complete the appointment as we understood at the time of booking.Â
However if any of the following happens we don’t have to make a failure payment:
- If you've agreed for us to alter the appointment, for example arrive earlier than the originally arranged arrival time, or
- If we identify an issue on the day of the appointment that we weren't aware of at the time of booking which required additional resource or required skills. Â
If you are due a payment, we’ll pay you £30.Â
Reconnections
This applies to residential customers.
If we agree to reconnect your supply following a disconnection for failure to pay, we will make sure we reconnect you within 24 hours.
Should we fail to do so we will pay you £30.
Erroneous transfers
An erroneous transfer is where you believe you’ve been switched to a different supplier by mistake. If this happens, let us know as soon as you find out and we’ll talk with the other supplier to work out who should supply your gas and electricity.
To make sure we don't switch your supply by mistake, we’ll aim to:
- Agree with the other supplier who you should be supplied by within 20 working days of you letting us know you don’t think your supply should have switched.
- Let you know who you should be supplied by in writing within 20 working days, if you got in touch with us instead of the other supplier.
- Switch you back to your original supplier within 21 working days in cases where we agree that your supply shouldn’t have been switched.
If we fail to do any of the above, you may be eligible for a £30 compensation payment.
If we agree that your supply has been transferred erroneously, you may also be entitled to £30.
Final bills
When you end your supply with us, whether by changing supplier, moving home or another reason, if we don’t send you your final bill after 42 days you may be eligible for £30 compensation.
Switching your supply to us
Once we've agreed that we've got the correct information to confirm that you have agreed to transfer your supply to us, if we take longer than 15 working days to complete the switch to us you may be eligible for £30 compensation.Â
Credit meters
This applies to residential customers with a credit meter.
If you contact us and you or we believe you may have a faulty credit meter we will make sure we do each of the following:Â
- Complete an initial assessment to determine if the meter is faulty within five working days of you contacting us
- Take an appropriate action within five working days of you contacting us if we believe there is a fault with the meter. This can consist of booking an appointment to exchange or investigating the problem further
- Offer to confirm the result of our initial assessment and what we’re going to do next in writing within five working days of you contacting us
Should we fail in any of the above, we will pay you £30 for each failure.
Prepayment meters
These apply to residential customers with a prepayment meter.
If you contact us about a faulty prepayment meter and you’re off supply we will make sure we do the following:Â
- Arrive at your property within three hours when the problem is reported between the working hours of 8am to 8pm Monday to Friday excluding bank holidays
- Arrive at your property within four hours when the problem is reported between the working hours of 9am to 5pm on Saturday, Sundays and bank holidays
- Start to take action at the beginning of the next day if the problem is reported outside of the working hours detailed above
Should we fail in any of the above, we will pay you a £30. If you contact us about a faulty prepayment meter and you’re on supply we will make sure we do the following:Â
- Start action to confirm if the meter is faulty within three hours when the problem is reported between the working hours of 8am to 8pm Monday to Friday excluding bank holidays
- Start action to confirm if the meter is faulty within four hours when the problem is reported between the working hours of 9am to 5pm on Saturdays, Sundays and bank holidays
- Start to take action at the beginning of the next day if the problem is reported outside of the working hours detailed above
If the meter is confirmed faulty we will then arrange to either fix it or replace it.
Should we fail in any of the above, we will pay you £30.
You contact us to book an appointment
If you contact us to book an appointment and we can’t offer a suitable appointment for you straight away, we’ll respond to you within five working days to offer you an appointment and make sure:Â
- That the first arrival time band we offer is four hours or less in length
- That the appointment date is no greater than 56 calendar days in the future and Â
- That the right type of appointment is booked
Should we fail any of the above then the £30 compensation payment is due.Â
We won’t make a failure payment if any of the following happens:
- You reject the first appointment offer and we offer alternative times and dates Â
- If we currently don't have a solution to replace the particular meter you have or you want a smart meter installed but we aren't currently installing in your area so haven't contacted you to book an appointment
- If you are a FiT (Feed-in Tariff) customer i.e. you generate your own energy and don't have your energy supply with us, you will not be entitled to a compensation payment for any FiT related appointments
If you are due a payment we’ll pay you £30 for each appointment failure.
We need to rearrange your appointment
If we need to rearrange your appointment we must give you at least 1 working day's notice. If we have been unable to give you at least 1 working day’s notice then you may be entitled to a £30 compensation payment.
Final credit balances
If we don’t supply your gas and electricity any more, we’ll refund you any credit that’s left on your account within ten working days of us sending your final bill, or a corrected final bill if it’s needed.
If we don’t refund any credit that’s left on your account within ten working days, you may be eligible for a £30 compensation payment.
If we fail to pay your compensation payment as promised
This applies to residential and SME business customers.Â
If we owe you a Guaranteed Standards of Service payment and we don’t pay you this within ten working days we’ll pay you the original payment owed plus an additional £30.Â