Octopus unusual Billing System
I left Octopus because of their unusual billing system and their overwhelming emails trying to hoodwink me into installing a smart meter. I do send my monthly meter readings on the agreed date in the morning. I do pay my monthly bills in full and never in arrears. So, I do not need a smart meter that incorrectly bill customers plus other problems associated with it.
Unfortunately, EON NEXT had its own issues. That's the reason why I switched back to OE in December 2025 as they were cheaper at that time. Then, I discovered that OE did owe me some £54 they never refunded to me when I left. Instead, they purport to put the money towards my bill. What if I didn't switch back to OE, what happens to the money? I decided to ignore.
Having switched back to OE, I noted their billing system has gone from bad to worse. And I am fed up to be haggling with them every month over simple arithmetic. They have done it again this month of June failing to show the credit balance they owe me in May and in June statement/energy account. May bill was £167.52, DD £200, credit balance of £32.48 is not shown on my account. June bill was £116.94, DD £200, credit balance £83.06. Total credit balance owe to me = £115.54.
I have resorted to this platform to make my point because OE don't really care about their loyal customers including myself and I am hopping they would take matters seriously upon reading this review.
Review Update
How can OE deny knowing about me being their customer? So, who in that company has been sending me monthly bills and taking payments out of my bank account? I have provided details they requested and hopefully, they would now own up.
21 June 2026
Unprompted review