Pensioner battles energy giant over bills of £1,500 following provider switch

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Bryan, 70, says his time with E.ON was a nightmare and he is prepared to go to court to fight his case

A pensioner has been forced to fight an energy firm that told him he owes it nearly £1,000 a month after he left to join another provider.

Mr Wolsey said: "It's ridiculous. It's just 'computer says, you must pay'. Apparently there's a £2,000 difference in our calculations and it just makes no sense to me whatsoever." E.ON has apologised for the problems and says it is working to resolve the matter. "I couldn't make head nor tail of it. There were payments in, payments out, ridiculous amounts of money. Nothing tallied or reconciled with the facts. And that's how it's continued ever since," said Mr Wolsey.

The final straw came last month when he checked his account again to find two charges, for £1,144.28 and £363.76, billed to his account on the same day. It reversed his credit to a debit of £963.18.It was around the same time that Mr Wolsey came across the story of a 24-year-old Derby student who had an almost identical issue with E.ON and ended up with her bill being wiped after she complained. He said: "I thought, 'Ah, there's a pattern here.

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