Energy supplier took €13,500 from customer’s bank account in smart meter billing blunder – and tried to charge another €23,700

One Yuno Energy customer said the company tried to take €23,700 from his bank account

Energy firm attempts to take thousands of euros from customers in billing blunder

An energy supplier has been forced into a humiliating climbdown after a smart-meter billing blunder saw it ­mistakenly seek to withdraw thousands of euro from customer accounts.

Yuno Energy has now been forced to waive bills and compensate some of its customers after the botched ­billing episode.