Sample Letter

Re-negotiate with your commercial energy supplier if your current repayment arrangement is unaffordable (sole name)

Use this letter to help you negotiate with your commercial electricity or gas supplier to agree payments you can afford. The payments you offer should cover your current energy bills and repayments on the energy debt you owe. Only use this letter if you have already got a payment plan in place to repay your energy debts but you need to change this because you cannot keep up with the payments. Contact us for advice before you use this letter.

You can choose to send a letter in your own name or in joint names. You may have a debt in joint names, or want to write to your creditors together because you have worked out a joint budget.

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Sign each letter and enclose a copy of your budget if needed.

Letter in joint names

You can choose to send a letter in your own name or in joint names. You may have a debt in joint names, or want to write to your creditors together because you have worked out a joint budget.

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24th December 2024

Dear Sir/Madam

Account No:

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I am writing to you because I am unable to keep paying my repayment at the amount agreed.

I understand that I owe:

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for my electricity;

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for my gas.

The current repayment arrangement of £

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is difficult for me to meet and I would like to negotiate a more affordable payment.

Ofgem requires commercial energy suppliers to consider the circumstances of a small business and its ability to pay when agreeing a debt-repayment plan.

I ask you to agree a new repayment amount of £

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I enclose a copy of my budget sheet which shows that this is all I can afford.

Please reply to this letter in writing within 10 working days, confirming my new repayment rate, including any other information you feel would be relevant or helpful to me.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully

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