More than 4,000 customers to receive payouts in latest scandal to hit big six energy suppliers
British Gas is expected to compensate more than 4,000 customers for mis-selling because it overstated the savings they would make by switching to one of its tariffs.
The money will be paid out to 4,300 householders who signed up to Sainsbury’s Energy and British Gas tariffs between February 2011 and March 2013, according to Sky News, at an average of £130 per customer. The repayment is being made because the two companies, who signed a partnership deal in 2011, reportedly overstated how much customers would save on their gas and electricity bills the following year by signing up to their tariffs.