Don't be afraid to ring us if you think you have a complaint we can handle. 

When you call us you will initially speak to an Enquiry Officer who will be able to tell you if we can help.  If your complaint is something we can consider, the Enquiry Officer will make sure that we fully understand your problem and fill in a complaint form for you. 

The complaint form will be posted or emailed out for you to check, sign and return to us.  When you are checking the form, make sure that we have accurately summarised your complaint. 

When you return the form to us, make sure it is signed and send with it copies of all the information you have about your complaint.  Your signature on the form gives authority to your supplier to send us all the information it holds relating to your complaint.  We will be unable to return any original documents you send to us.
When we receive your signed complaint form and we have checked that everything is still okay, we will begin to investigate your complaint.  This process can take up to six weeks from the date we receive your form.

Check-list for contacting The Energy Supply Ombudsman:

? Have you complained to your supplier and made every effort to complete its complaints procedure?
? Have you received a 'Deadlock' letter?
? or, have 12 weeks passed since you first made the complaint to the supplier?
? Is your supplier a member of The Energy Supply Ombudsman?
? Is your complaint about your gas and/or electricity bill or a problem you have experienced as a result of changing your gas or electricity supplier?

If you can answer yes to these questions then it is likely that we can consider your complaint.  If you want to go through a more thorough check, you can use the online complaint form on this site which will guide you through our process.  If you want to speak or write to us, our contact details are available on the ?contact us? page.
It will not cost you anything to use The Energy Supply Ombudsman and we are entirely independent.