Stage 3 - Independent help + advice
At any point in the complaints process, you have the option of contacting Citizens Advice. For free, confidential and impartial advice on your situation, you can contact Citizens Advice consumer service on 03454 04 05 06 (for a Welsh speaking advisor, call 03454 04 05 05), or you can complete their handy form here. You can also get impartial information from your local Citizens Advice Bureau.
If we’ve not been able to resolve your complaint through steps 1 & 2 we will issue you with a letter outlining our final decision, known as a “deadlock” letter. This gives you the right to have a free, independent review of your complaint carried out by the Energy Ombudsman. As part of resolving your complaint the Ombudsman may ask us to make an apology or give an explanation.
They can also ask us to take remedial action and may require us to award compensation. Any decision the Ombudsman make will be binding on our company, but not on you, so you can seek further advice if you wish to.