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Striker
Energy companies stick direct debits up by ridiculous amounts, way above what they should be, it's happened for years.
It's nothing new.
Even when increases weren't high, Npower sent me a letter saying they were increasing it by what equated to 50%.
I got on the phone and told them quite bluntly what I was going to pay not what they wanted.
The daughter did exactly the same recently, let's say her bills went up 42%, they increased the DD by 86%, you wouldn't go to fill the car up and give them £20 extra for next time.
What's even more ridiculous is those that will now be paying fixed rates at levels that are way and beyond standard tariffs, absolute idiots.
I've never had that problem as on the online accounts you can check usage & manage DD's yourself.