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UK’s Ofgem says Shell to refund overcharged customers
August 25, 20228:41 AM GMT+1
Aug 25 (Reuters) – Shell Plc’s (SHEL.L) UK retail energy business has to pay 536,970 pounds ($635,181) for overcharging some customers on its default tariffs which are subject to a price cap, Britain’s energy market regulator Ofgem said on Thursday.
The payment by Shell Energy includes a refund of 106,000 pounds to the affected prepayment customer accounts as well as 400,000 pounds to Ofgem’s voluntary consumer redress fund which directs money to charities, trusts and consumers as a result of licence condition breaches. read more
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ofgem: Shell Energy Retail Limited to pay £537,000 for price cap overcharging
25 August 2022
Shell Energy Retail Limited is to refund and compensate 11,275 prepayment customer accounts it has overcharged on its default tariffs. The total amount of customer detriment to be refunded is £106,000. Refunds will be issued automatically to affected customers.
In addition, the supplier will pay £400,000 to Ofgem’s voluntary consumer redress fund and £30,970 in goodwill payments to affected customers, equating to a total payment of £536,970. read more
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May 3rd, 2022
by John Donovan.
The Guardian
When will my Shell Energy smart meter become smart again?
A reader’s gas and electricity meters lost connectivity days before the tariff increase
Miles Brignall: Tue 3 May 2022 07.00 BST
My gas and electricity smart meters became strangely uncommunicative with Shell Energy just days before the 1 April tariff increase.
Shell’s reply to my question about when it expects my smart meters to become smart again seems to suggest there’s a major “industry wide issue” and it is unable to do anything about this. The letter suggests Ofgem is aware of a problem that it is affecting a great many other households. But I don’t remember reading or hearing anything in any news outlet about this. Is this true?
LD, by email read more
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Feb 16th, 2022
by John Donovan.
“Terrible customer service – I wanted to clarify few items about my bill, but staff doesn’t understand or speak English.”
16 Feb 2022
The content above and below is sourced from current customer reviews of Shell Energy published on Trustpilot.
Worst customer service
Worst customer service. Phoned to ask for some assistance and received nothing but rude comments and no help. I used the online complaint form to report but was never contacted so I contacted them and was told they did not have the complaint on file. Repeated the complaint and heard nothing again, have reported to the ombudsman now. Shell did find time to pester me daily for payments including some pushy “credit file will be affected” emails but not to sort their awful customer service. read more
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Feb 5th, 2022
by John Donovan.
05 Feb 2022
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On two occasions Shell Energy…
On two occasions Shell Energy threatened my wife and myself with legal action and instructed a debt collection agency to contact us. But guess what? On both occasions we had already paid the bill.
Not happy to put up with this sort of despicable attitude, we approached Ombudsman Services and filed a complaint against Shell Energy. After some time investigating the matter, Ombudsman Services upheld our case. Shell Energy had to provide a written apology for the substandard service, and hey, guess what – they offered to make us a payment of £30 for the worry and distress they had caused – but not as a direct payment , only as an applied credit to our account with them! Ombudsman Services stepped in again and instructed them to make the payment direct to us, and not as an applied credit to the account. This they had to do. Shell Energy’s profits in 2021 were £14BILLION and all they offered by way of a gesture was £30. What do you think of that? I’ll tell you what I think… Shell Energy is the worst energy provider in the world. Thankfully, our contract with them ends soon, and we’ll be glad to see the back of them! Good riddance to absolute bad rubbish. JDP & EJP read more
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Jan 15th, 2022
by John Donovan.
15 Jan 2022
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Shell Energy have not got a clue!
Shell Energy have not got a clue! Apart from overcharging their customer service dept is horrendous! They overcharged us…then reimbursed us…then demanded the money again!! Absolute clowns. Do not sign up to Shell Energy peoples!!! Stick with British Gas.
A shower of cluelessness
I needed to upgrade my main fuse and was told by my network supplier that my energy company (Shell) should’ve upgraded the tails when they installed my smart meter. As they hadn’t, I rang to try and arrange them to be changed. After being on hold for 15 minutes I spoke to the first operator who seemed clueless as to what I was asking and transferred me to EV tariff team who (unsurprisingly and after a further hold) also didn’t know what I needed. They passed me back to customer services who (after another 20 minutes on hold) again seemed confused and gave me a phone number for the smart meter installers. I rang them who said any appointment needed to be organised by Shell and referred to them! Nobody but Shell is allowed to touch the meter tails so I’m completely stuck because of their cluelessness. read more
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Jan 7th, 2022
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07 Jan 2022
The content below is sourced from current customer reviews of Shell Energy Broadband published on Trustpilot.
Not even worth one star
The worst I’ve ever seen. Wifi drops and won’t reconnect for up to an hour (so far) no matter what I do, you have to stand next to the router for a strong connection, calls made with wifi drop randomly and either don’t reconnect or reconnect and are then patchy and bad quality and you can’t use it for games or calls if another person in the house is doing the same. Absolutely terrible company and I’d advise anyone who’s thinking about getting with them to look literally anywhere else. read more
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Dec 13th, 2021
by John Donovan.
13 Dec 2021
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I am becoming ill with the effects of this terrible broadband provider
Please, please don’t sign up for shell energy broadband. It is the most unreliable broadband I have ever used. It’s goes down ever day, and I have lost so much work and time doing rework on the internet that it is stressing me out. We have had 8mths of this nightmare and I don’t think I can take anymore. I have to find another provider no matter how much it costs. I just can’t cope anymore read more
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Dec 4th, 2021
by John Donovan.
4 Dec 2021
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customer services is non existent
customer services is non existent never answer the phone or email
STAY FAR AWAY FROM SHELL!!!!
Honestly, if you’re not looking to feed their greed, avoid them! They will use their knowlege and expertise to generate massive final bills and you will get no option to opt out as they can take you to court and cause a CCJ on your name etc.
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Oct 27th, 2021
by John Donovan.
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27 Oct 2021
Sorry to say
Sorry to say, the broadband is really, really bad. Keeps dropping out have to keep re entering password, locked into a contract.
AVOID AVOID AVOID do not use this…
AVOID AVOID AVOID do not use this company to supply your broadband, we got up this morning to find that we had no broadband service. Having spent around 2 hours on the phone to Shell Broadband to try and get to the bottom of the problem. They say that we have been switched to a new supplier, when I asked who had authorised this switch they couldn’t give me an answer. It certainly wasn’t us…..Furthermore they have also informed us that we will now have to wait for 2 weeks to be reconnected. We have not received any communication from them with regards to this spurious disconnection.
We have the receipt for our account which has been maintained throughout the contact. As we are working from home we now find that we have no broadband access, when I asked for compensation for mobile data, I was told that I would have to fund the extra cost, and that they would look at this disconnection at their leisure. Even though mobile data isn’t really a workable option. We have been given the two fingered salute by this completely incompetent broadband provider.
When will Ofcom start to do the job that they are meant to be doing and dealing with these companies in a robust manner.
I asked to speak with a manager regarding this disconnection and was informed that I will receive a call back within 24 hours. Meanwhile we intend to switch supplier. But it would appear that they are all cowboys. Where are OFCOM.I will keep this post updated. read more
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Oct 27th, 2021
by John Donovan.
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27 Oct 2021
These reviews must be fake
These reviews must be fake, I was told last week that it would be 48 hours to get a phonecall regarding getting a smart meter install, I’ve not heard anything. I’m unable to complete a booking online and I have not had a phonecall like promised.
May change my review rating once I get a good service, not off to a good start.
Update: now changed to a 1 star review! Horrendous customer service! Still no call so I phoned and the agent creates a ticket for me, I got an email reply from the smart meter team asking me a load of questions wanting to know what time I set my alarm in the morning, what have I got for my lunch, how many times do I brush my teeth, etc. read more
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Oct 14th, 2021
by John Donovan.
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14 October 2021
Cowboys
Cowboys. After 2 years of issues with Shell Energy, Abdullah (head of Executive Complaints) decided there would be no support offered to fix the tariff issued they’ve caused, despite acknowledging the fact that there caused them. His direct report, Aziz exact words were ‘Sorry, its just we’re going through a crisis at the minute so we cant do anything for you… read more
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Oct 10th, 2021
by John Donovan.
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10 Oct 2021
Absolute hell to get in touch with
Absolute hell to get in touch with. Virtual Assistant is a waste of time and energy. I am already sorry I transfered to them. When I finally got through the lady was very pleasant and helpful.
Not trueful
I have just changed to Shell through one of their agents who came to my house to discuss terms and conditions. The agent was very polite and pleasant and felt he was treating me fairly. He offered me £50 credit on my bill as a referral from my son, who has also just joined Shell, and £50 to my son. He also said my first payment would be one month after joining Shell. Both offers are untrue. When calling Shell they informed me no such offer should be made. I have made a complaint of mis-selling and awaiting the result. I thought this practice had disappeared, but it appears I’m wrong. read more
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Jul 30th, 2021
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Information sourced from Trustpilot customer reviews of Shell Energy published 2 days ago. Published here 30 July 2021
“…needless to say I have paid the exit fee and returned to my previous supplier…”
You would believe that a company bearing the name Shell would be reputable,wouldn’t you? Not this one. I swapped supplier from the one which bears the logo of an 8 tentacle sea creature and boy did I make a huge mistake.
My first bill from these people included 82 units of gas which I did not use and despite numerous emails the response I get each time is “the difference in units has to be more than the industry guidelines” (which in this instance is 108 units) before I can dispute the overcharge. They can also overcharge for electricity without recourse!!!!!!! read more
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Jul 24th, 2021
by John Donovan.

Extracts from Shell Energy customer reviews posted during the past few days on Trustpilot: “I’m a new customer, however the broadband /internet box already stopped working!”: “I get continuous buffering and sometimes I lose Internet connection…”: Expect hidden charges and sneaky fees when your contract ends.”: “DO NOT LET THEM DO TO YOU WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO ME AVOID SHELL ENERGY AT ALL COSTS”
Visit the Shell Energy page on Trustpilot to view all reviews in their entirety, positive and negative (and Shell Energy responses). Watch out for any fake reviews. Note the reoccurring themes in the negative reviews, including difficulty in communicating with the company. This article was posted on 24 July 2021. read more
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Jun 27th, 2021
by John Donovan.

Extracts from Shell Energy customer reviews posted during the past few days on Trustpilot: “My advice if you are thinking of switch to Shell DONT! Unhelpful, fraudulent company!”: “Shell Energy will never supply me with gas, electric or anything else in the future!”
Visit the Shell Energy page on Trustpilot to view all reviews in their entirety, positive and negative (and Shell Energy responses). Watch out for any fake reviews. Note the reoccurring themes in the negative reviews, including difficulty in communicating with the company. This article posted on 27 June 2021. read more
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May 14th, 2021
by John Donovan.
I switched over to Shell Broadband Superfast fibre… the worst decision of my life
More extracts from Shell Energy customer reviews posted during the past 48 hours on Trustpilot: “Rubbish broadband. Sometimes I can’t get WiFi in the same room as the router”: “is advertised as fibre but the speeds are really poor. It’s terribly frustrating when you’re working from home.”: “If you want a broadband that only works 50%of the time then go for shell”: completely unreliable. It is slow, buffers and fails to play internet tv.”: “Disaster, the whole experience was a train wreck, surprised they’re still in business!” read more
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Apr 26th, 2021
by John Donovan.

Extracts from a Shell Energy customer review posted on Trustpilot: “We are never able to get through to the support team quickly I have been waiting to get through for over an hour before and then been cut off. Our service is very slow. We were sold fibre broadband but this hadn’t been switched on…”: “Overall it’s a shocking provider and I would never recommend them to anyone.”
Featured below are extracts from negative customer reviews about Shell Energy posted in the past few days on Trustpilot. Visit the Shell Energy page on Trustpilot to view all reviews in their entirety, positive and negative (and Shell Energy responses). Watch out for any fake reviews. Note the reoccurring themes in the negative reviews, including difficulty in communicating with the company. This article posted on 26 April 2021. read more
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Apr 4th, 2021
by John Donovan.

Extracts from current Shell Energy customer reviews posted on Trustpilot in the last 24 hours: “Avoid them! Overcharged me and lied but the Ombudsman sorted it. Shell declined to switch me, then continued to overcharge me, lie to me about switching happening and then threatened debt collectors if i didn’t agree to their terrible, high tariff terms. I let the Ombudsman deal with them and won, they now owe me. Terrible company, highly incompetent customer service.”
Featured below are extracts from negative customer reviews about Shell Energy posted in the last 24 hours on Trustpilot. Visit the Shell Energy page on Trustpilot to view all reviews in their entirety, positive and negative (and Shell Energy responses). Watch out for any fake reviews. Note the reoccurring themes in the negative reviews, including difficulty in communicating with the company. This article posted on 04 April 2021. read more
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Mar 30th, 2021
by John Donovan.

Extracts from current Shell Energy customer reviews posted on Trustpilot in the last 24 hours: “They ripped me off”: “I would not recommend company to an enemy”: “Shell, your customers are HUMANS and we want to talk to HUMANS not machines”: “Awful customer service.”: “Good riddance shell”
Featured below are extracts from negative customer reviews about Shell Energy posted in the last 24 hours on Trustpilot. Visit the Shell Energy page on Trustpilot to view all reviews in their entirety, positive and negative (and Shell Energy responses). Watch out for any fake reviews. Note the reoccurring themes in the negative reviews, including difficulty in communicating with the company. This article posted on 30 March 2021. read more
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