Woman's £90m Electricity Bill

A Cambridge mother-of-two opened her electricity bill - to find a demand for £90million.

Alison Turner was stunned when she opened the bill from suppliers npower, especially as she is on a meter anyway. Her bill was for the equivalent of leaving lights on for 1,900 years, reports the Daily Mirror.

Alison, 50, said: “I know electricity bills have gone up recently, but this is ridiculous. I was shocked to say the least. “It’s lucky they didn’t send it to a pensioner, they might have keeled over. I shouldn’t even be getting any bills from them because I pay in advance."

Npower cancelled the bill. A spokesman said: “We have systems to ensure these errors are not made, so I’m at a loss to say why this happened. “We take customers’ bills very seriously and we will look into this mistake."

Source: Daily Mirror