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A six-year investigation has evidenced that a number of major UK consumer energy companies have concealed IT bugs, errors and defects in their billing systems, to include data corruption, duplicate customer accounts, and cross-contamination of customer records. Energy companies have then criminally harassed and fraudulently pursued customers for payment of 'debt' that the energy companies knew was not owed, in some cases using unlawful court applications. They've then added the fake debt to their balance sheets and sought increases in the energy price cap to cover their 'losses'.

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Since at least 2017, there have been catastrophic data losses in energy companies' billing systems and customer records have been cross-contaminated as the energy companies tried to restore that data. The energy companies, and their lawyers, their insurers and their auditors know it, and Ofgem, the industry regulator, knows it... and so did a government that was desperate to avoid the story breaking before a general election. Think 'Post Office Scandal 2' but on a much bigger scale. It's the biggest and best concealed fraud in British history.

The regulator, Ofgem, has so far failed to properly investigate flagrant unlawful conduct or report it to the police. It is evidenced in a response to a Freedom of Information request as concealing (since at least 2020) catastrophic billing failures in energy companies' billing systems that led to a significant volume of known overbilling.

There is growing evidence of additional criminal conduct by UK consumer energy companies. Not only have they been operating in direct contravention of both the Electricity & Gas Acts but they have been making false representations to courts to secure entry warrants in circumstances where they are aware that they are prohibited from so doing.

Latest investigations have revealed that energy companies have also been allowed to get away with running uncertified, faulty metering that cannot legally be relied upon for billing purposes. Ofgem claims that it is not responsible for monitoring metering certification despite it being clearly required as part of the Gas and Electricity Acts 1989.

In response to our Freedom of Information request of July 2024, after a convoluted attempt at dodging the question, the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) confirmed that there are at least 1.83 million uncertified energy meters in use in the UK and that it had had no discussions on the subject with the regulator Ofgem. It later stated:

"While the previous regime continues to apply to meters brought into use before 2006, and in some cases, 2016, it would be wrong to assume that meters still in use beyond their original certification period are no longer measuring accurately." The OPSS offered no evidence of testing to substantiate its claim.

Meanwhile, Ofgem's priorities are confirmed in it having agreed to allow the energy companies cartel to continue to gamble customers' overpayments in the casino that is the energy futures market.

A further 2024 Freedom of Information request response has confirmed that, in complete contrast to an earlier formal denial, UK Government spooks in its Counter Disinformation Unit are blocking communications related to bugs, errors and defects in billing systems, and consequential criminal #EnergyFraud, to include a formal briefing sent to the Minister (copy in updates section of this petition). It's now clear that even a government department is prepared to lie about the extent of #EnergyFraud.

Whilst a number of knowledgeable customers have successfully pursued civil lawsuits, the petitioners state that #EnergyFraud should be a police matter and that a national criminal investigation needs to be initiated as a matter of urgent priority.