Happen to be off today and just watched "Rip off Britain" on BBC1 (yes, I am ashamed to admit it).
There was a gentleman on there who had issues with his electricity supplier going back 7 years and according to the ombudsman the company can only issue you with a bill for the previous 12 months of use, anything before that cannot be claimed from you because they "didn't take reasonable steps to bill correctly".
I realise this doesn't affect you quite yet but if this drags on past Jan 13 just be aware they can't just backdate the bill to when you moved in because they feel like it.
Last edited by Stuff; 19th Sep 2012 at 20:07.