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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

Number of households seeking help over energy debt legal action doubles

An electricity sub station pylon outside a home.
Citizens Advice offered advice to 349 households who received a county court judgement over unpaid energy bills last year, up from 179 in 2022. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

The number of households seeking help to deal with court action over their unpaid energy bills has doubled in the last year, according to Citizens Advice.

The charity said suppliers were increasingly opting to take their customers to court to recover their energy debts, which could ruin household finances for years.

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