We've had a request from Northern Gas Networks for confirmation of address of a named individual to pursue re gas theft - this is the first one I've received and from initial discussions, colleagues in other Council have taken different approaches - some have provided the info requested and others not.
NGN have explained:
"As part of our responsibilities as a Public Gas Transporter, Northern Gas Networks Limited (NGN) investigates instances of suspected gas theft and is entitled to recover from any offenders the value of gas so taken by them from our network ((Gas Act 1986 (as amended by the Gas Act 1995 and the Utilities Act 2000) Schedule 2B, paragraph 9)). Furthermore, our Gas Transporter Licence requires us to investigate such matters and to use reasonable endeavours to recover from those persons who have breached the Gas Act the value of the gas they have illegally taken from our network. In order to achieve this, for instances of suspected theft of gas it is important that we make every effort to ascertain who the responsible party is and to obtain an accurate address for them so that we can invoice them the value of gas they have illegally taken from our network, together with our investigation costs."
Any thoughts?
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