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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Anna Tims

British Gas paid me £38,000 by mistake, and I can’t give it back

Solar panels on a house roof in Grasmere, Lake District, UK
The reader received quarterly feed-in tariff payments for energy exported by their solar panels. Photograph: Ashley Cooper pics/Alamy

British Gas paid me more than £38,000 by mistake, then had no idea how to reclaim it. I receive quarterly feed-in tariff (Fit) payments for energy exported by my solar panels.

In May, I submitted a claim for £300, based on my meter reading, and I received an email stating that I was due £38,611.59.

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