British Gas paid me £38,000 by mistake, and I can’t give it back
It said that was what I was due after I submitted a claim for £300 for energy exported through my solar panels British Gas paid me more than £38,000 by mistake, then had no idea how to reclaim it. I receive quarterly feed-in tariff (Fit) payments for energy exported by my solar panels. In May, I submitted a claim for £300, based on my meter reading, and I received an email stating that I was due £38,611.59. Continue
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- Last checked
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Publisher layer
Recorded article metadata
- Publisher
- The Guardian
- Country
- England / United Kingdom
- Source published
- 17 Aug 2026, 06:00 UTC
- Source updated
- No update timestamp supplied
- Byline
- Anna Tims
- Section
- Energy bills
It said that was what I was due after I submitted a claim for £300 for energy exported through my solar panels British Gas paid me more than £38,000 by mistake, then had no idea how to reclaim it. I receive quarterly feed-in tariff (Fit) payments for energy exported by my solar panels. In May, I submitted a claim for £300, based on my meter reading, and I received an email stating that I was due £38,611.59. Continue
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British Gas paid me £38,000 by mistake, and I can’t give it back
It said that was what I was due after I submitted a claim for £300 for energy exported through my solar panels British Gas paid me more than £38,000 by mistake, then had no idea how to reclaim it. I receive quarterly feed-in tariff (Fit) payments for energy exported by my solar panels. In May, I submitted a claim for £300, based on my meter reading, and I received an email stating that I was due £38,611.59. Continue
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Evidence layer
Capture provenance
- Capture ID
- #1
- Observed
- 17 Aug 2026, 21:26 UTC
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- 200 / parsed
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- Collector
- news-ledger/0.1
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