{
  "id": 3253874,
  "title": "My electricity bill is £200 but British Gas took £19,700 from my account and a month later they hadn't paid me back: SALLY SORTS IT",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/my-electricity-bill-is-200-but-british-gas-took-19-700-from-my",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-25T11:06:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/experts/article-16077969/electricity-bill-British-Gas-paid-SALLY-SORTS-IT.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "We run a family farm and have had a British Gas account for six years, paying about £200 a month for electricity. Last month the company sent a bill for £19,700 via direct debit",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}