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Owe my old supplier? But I was PAYG?

  • January 2, 2024
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I am trying to contact SSE energy Services limited. I have received a default notice on an apparent debt I owe them on my PAYG electricity account, from  before I was switched to OVO. The period given is 04/04/2019 - 23/05/2023. I have not received a bill before. The first I knew was a default notice from LCS.  I am trying to get a copy of the bill as I am still unsure as to how I owe them anything. OVO have no record of any debt. Any advice would be welcomed.

Best answer by Jeffus

Updated on 30/07/25 by Chris_OVO:

 

 

 

@NeddyMorai it could be debt built up on the meter, e.g. Emergency credit not paid off but as you say without more information it is impossible to know. 

SSE has been taken over by OVO so OVO have to handle it even if they find it difficult.

If you have no luck via ovo collections and difficultly with ovo raising a complaint then pop back and one of the regular posters will flag the ovo moderators on the forum.

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Rank 2
January 4, 2024

I don’t understand why they didn’t just write to me then. Why the cloak and dagger. 

Rank 2
January 4, 2024

Yes… Does it say which part of SSE, or just “SSE”?

Just SSE via TDX

Blastoise186
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Super User
January 4, 2024

My thoughts exactly. The process is SUPPOSED to be that you (as the creditor) write directly to the customer/debtor FIRST, BEFORE calling in a DCA. Failure to do breaks the process and could cause the case to collapse.

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Blastoise186
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Super User
January 4, 2024

TDX… Which is actually just Equifax… Hmm...

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Blastoise186
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Super User
January 4, 2024

This brings me back to the previous issue - which “SSE” raised this, since there’s clearly more than one customer facing SSE company that either actively or historically took payments from domestic customers.

Just having it being so generic doesn’t help.

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Rank 2
January 4, 2024

This brings me back to the previous issue - which “SSE” raised this, since there’s clearly more than one customer facing SSE company that either actively or historically took payments from domestic customers.

Just having it being so generic doesn’t help.

Yes this is the key. Here I checked all correspondence and it never said limited anywhere. It just said SSE Energy Services. 

Blastoise186
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Super User
January 4, 2024

Not helped by the fact there were effectively two SSE companies with that name. SSE Energy Services and SSE Energy Solutions both had companies on Companies House with very similar names, but very different purposes.

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January 4, 2024

@Blastoise186 I have now written to Raman customer Team , I came across this ad which says all SSE customers have been migrated. But OVO customer team stated that they have only migrated active accounts of SSE. They cant find any account on my postcode. EDF who is now my provider of top-up meter they have said my account was always in credit. I am just now waiting to see what LCS comes back with. I would appreciate if forum team can help me I have records of top up pay point receipt for that period is that not an evidence. As LCS was saying that this is not evidence you have to give meter reading so I said PAYG top doesn't work like this  , can you please share some light on my evidence of top up why this cant be considered. I asked them to provide me meter reading at this point they said they will speak to SSE and provided me SSE number which doesnt work.

 

Please can you guide as I formulating paper work to dispute and take legal route to challenge. Also they threatened me that this could affect my credit rating on this basis I asked but you are yet to prove this.

 

 

Rank 2
January 4, 2024

Maybe the “anomaly” didn’t become apparent until after the migration. Lets assume that there is shortfall between what I have paid and what they think I should have paid. Maybe caused by estimated readings. Now SSE need to go after me. That’s the only thing I can think of. It still doesn’t explain why the debt didn’t transfer to OVO.

Blastoise186
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Super User
January 4, 2024

Don’t go the legal route. If you read back in this thread, we’ve got a faster route which has so far worked to perfection for Neddy.

The Forum Moderators are also on the case. That’ll likely bring a much faster and far less painful solution (and cheaper!).

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