TrueBlue1150
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Advise Please.
I posted this in Ask About Law on Friday but so far I have not had any replies. Perhaps I should have posted in this forum initially.
Before my tenants moved out two months ago, I asked them to have the electricity pre- pay meter disconnected and removed so that I could transfer the electricity back to the ESB. After many phone calls from the tenants to the provider, the pre-pay meter was not removed. Two weeks ago, the electricity was disconnected to the house. I have not been able to advertise the property for the past two months, as I require electricity so that I can repaint the house. The ESB need a code so that they can remove the pre-pay meter and reconnect the house back to their network. The provider will not tell me the code without first opening an account with them. This will cost me €158.90!
Surely from a legal point of view they cannot do this as I have not (and will not) enter into an agreement with them? The tenant originally entered into an agreement with them but that agreement ceased one month ago when they closed the account.
Do I have any option other than to pay them what they have requested so that I can then cancel the account and move back to the ESB?
I posted this in Ask About Law on Friday but so far I have not had any replies. Perhaps I should have posted in this forum initially.
Before my tenants moved out two months ago, I asked them to have the electricity pre- pay meter disconnected and removed so that I could transfer the electricity back to the ESB. After many phone calls from the tenants to the provider, the pre-pay meter was not removed. Two weeks ago, the electricity was disconnected to the house. I have not been able to advertise the property for the past two months, as I require electricity so that I can repaint the house. The ESB need a code so that they can remove the pre-pay meter and reconnect the house back to their network. The provider will not tell me the code without first opening an account with them. This will cost me €158.90!
Surely from a legal point of view they cannot do this as I have not (and will not) enter into an agreement with them? The tenant originally entered into an agreement with them but that agreement ceased one month ago when they closed the account.
Do I have any option other than to pay them what they have requested so that I can then cancel the account and move back to the ESB?