Really ashamed to say that I have large arrears for gas and electric to Ovo.
Theyve been ringing and emailing me every day for the last week and I am ringing them in the next few hours to discuss a payment plan.
Its no excuse but I have struggled with a lot of different circumstances over the last 5 years when my husband who handled all the finances left. We had a lot of things going on and I was also pregnant.
Since then several of our children have needed alot of appointments, referrals as 4 out of 5 have been diagnosed autistic.
3 of them have been unable to attend school due to the school not meeting needs and I have been up to my ears with ehcp paperwork aswell as having several home fulltime.
ovo are now wanting me to ring to discuss a payment plan, threatening with passing on data to credit reference agencies and disconnecting the supply.
I am offering £250 a month to cover arrears and useage. They are saying they need a direct debit.
I explained in the past that this was doubled without prior agreement but they have said this won’t happen again.
What’s the best way to handle this?