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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific: 1,838 cases from 37 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.

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€17.4mTotal of monetary amounts
€17.4mLargest single case: E.ON Next
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1 case

20 Nov 2024 E.ON NextOfgem: E.ON Next pays GBP 14.5m over missing final bills for prepayment customers United KingdomConsumer protection and online retail €17.4m

Because of a billing system error, former prepayment customers of E.ON Next did not receive final bills on time between February 2021 and September 2023; more than 248,000 customer accounts were affected, credit balances were not refunded and mandatory compensation was not paid. After self-reporting, the company paid GBP 14.5m in total (4.7m in credit refunds, 6.6m in compensation under the Guaranteed Standards of Performance and 3.2m in additional redress) and also wrote off the debts of almost 150,000 former customers.

What organisations can take from it

Billing errors for departing customers quickly add up to millions – final bills and credit refunds need automated controls.

Relevance to training and awareness

Billing and refund duties towards vulnerable customers

Authority / court
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem)
Area of law
Consumer protection and online retail
Legal basis
Standard Licence Condition 27.17 der Gas- und Stromversorgungslizenzen; Guaranteed Standards of Performance Regulations
Action
Other
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Energy and utilities
Mitigating circumstances
Self-reporting, commendable engagement in the compliance process and the company's past performance were taken into account in setting the redress; the billing systems were corrected.
Published
20 Nov 2024

Original amount 14,500,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 20 Nov 2024.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

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