Like millions of other consumers I am afraid of how the energy price market works to the benefit of the power companies MASSIVE PROFITS and the detriment of ordinary consumers. This company wanted me to increase my Direct Debit to a mi mum of £195 when I already had a three figure credit on my account. I know of there consumers who are even worse with over £1000 in credit and demands for increased Direct Debit. I challenged Eon Next on this, in writing, via email. AS I am retired and living on a state pension I made the time and they do not enjoy having to respond in writing but it works! They checked their records and informed me that my average spend is £113 per month for Gas and Electricity. I demanded that they lower my Direct Debit to £113 per month and immediately gave them a manual reading again. This became a credit on my account again after my direct debit and I insisted, as is every consumers right, to have the credit "returned to the account from which it originated as her the Direct Debit guarantee". If you want to copy and post that phrase for your own use please do so. I challenged them on the fact that the monies, £millions, of customers monies was in their bank account but they said that it is not their money. I responded with either pay the money back "to the account from which it originated as her the Direct Debit guarantee" or start paying me interest. The monies came back to my account. I now send a meter reading 2 days before my direct debit which means by the time the bill is calculated my payment has been made and they have an accurate reading. I then demand a repayment of the outstanding balance if it is in excess of my Direct Debit amount. So far I have received refunds of a couple of hundred £, of my own money, and a power company is not quietly making even more profits at my expense. Pleas feel free to use the above to cut your outgoings as we all need help during these times.