Gas and electricity customers face the prospect of debt collectors chasing up unpaid bills after the energy industry regulator told suppliers they no longer had to offer unlimited coronavirus payment holidays.
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Bailiffs were also barred from chasing households struggling to pay council tax or parking fines, but these rules will remain in place for at least another two months.
Jonathan Brearley, Ofgem's chief executive, said that from July energy suppliers would be allowed to restart debt collections because it was not "in customers' interests" for energy companies to "extend unlimited credit to customers".
Not to change the topic here:
Most Florida businesses asking customers to wear masks
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Over the weekend, several Orlando-area bars announced they were closing almost as quickly as they had reopened.
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"We regret to announce that we will be temporarily closing our doors, once again, as the COVID-19 numbers begin to rise rapidly in Florida and Orlando. We feel it is our duty to temporarily close to properly protect both our team and our community."
The Matador posted that it closed after "A member of the Matador staff received a positive COVID-19 test today."
WSSC Water warns customers about higher water bills | WTOP
The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, which serves Maryland’s Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, said many customers might experience some sticker shock as they begin receiving their most recent water bills.
Most utility companies send out their bills every quarter, and customers getting their water bills right around now could be in line for an unexpected surprise.
With move to phase 2, King County businesses look for customers to return | KOMO
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Local businesses transparent with customers, employees testing positive with COVID-19
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Several businesses across the Brazos Valley are being open and honest with customers and staff about positive COVID-19 cases in their workplace.
Dave Fox, Owner of Blue Baker says he's started planning weeks ago for the chance of employees testing positive, and he ended up having to close two locations for a few days.
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Fox says first and foremost he wanted to draw a clear line of communication between himself and his employees by alerting them of the case. He then contacted the Brazos County Health District.
PNM to offer relief for low-income customers » Albuquerque Journal
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Juarez businesses reopen, but fear of COVID-19 keeps many customers away | KVEO-TV
JUAREZ, Mexico (Border Report) — Hundreds of businesses reopened their doors in Juarez on Monday, as the city’s COVID-19 threat level went down from “red” to “orange.”
But for all the effort some merchants put into cleaning and sprucing up the premises, few customers came through the doors and many other businesses kept the locks on as fear of COVID-19 looms large, still.
Microsoft acquires CyberX to accelerate and secure customers' IoT deployments - The Official
The Internet of Things (IoT) is providing breakthrough value to businesses across every vertical, from manufacturing, to energy, to agriculture, to real estate, to healthcare and more. IoT provides real-time insights into assets, enabling businesses to reduce operational expenses, unplanned downtime and unnecessary servicing.
While the benefits of IoT are well established and significant, one of the biggest hurdles for customers is securing IoT devices – both for new digitization initiatives as well as for legacy Operational Technology and industrial control system environments.
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Energy customers face bailiffs as Ofgem allows debt collecting again https://t.co/d06VDoyvjm guardian (from London) Mon Jun 22 18:04:23 +0000 2020
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