• Energetyczne Centrum filed for bankruptcy and is no longer selling electricity and gas.
• Consumer – if you have been paying this company for electricity or gas since the middle of September to date, you can get your money back.
• File a claim with the court by January 16^th, 2019. If you do not know how to do that, write to Stowarzyszenie Aquila (Aquila Society).

Energetyczne Centrum was an alternative seller of electricity. It ceased selling electricity on September 11^th, with gas following a day later. On December 3^rd, the court declared the company bankrupt.  Signals received by the Energy Regulatory Office indicate that many people were unaware that a substitute seller has been issuing invoices to them from the moment when Energetyczne Centrum stopped selling electricity and gas. In many cases, consumers were still able to pay Energetyczne Centrum, despite the fact that the company did not provide services.

Read about what you can do:

1. if by December 2^nd you have paid for electricity or gas for a period during which the company no longer sold electricity or gas (i.e. for a period from September 11^th for electricity and from September 12^th for gas), you can get your money back. You must report the amount of invoices paid to the court.

Fill out two copies of the claim declaration form. Send them to the District Court for the Capital City of Warsaw, the 10th Commercial Division for bankruptcy and restructuring affairs, ul. Czerniakowska 100 A, 00-454 Warsaw, Bankruptcy Judge (District Court Judge) Kamila Wasilewska. Specify the case reference number, i.e.: X GUp 1078/18. You have time until January 16^th.

If you do not know how to draft the document, contact the consumer ombudsman in your city or the Aquila Society at kontakt@prawo-konsumenckie.pl.

2. if you have paid for electricity or gas for a period during which the company no longer sold electricity or gas (i.e. for a period from September 11^th for electricity and from September 12^th for gas) after December 3^rd, in order to get your money back we suggest you contact the trustee in bankruptcy’s office in Kielce, ul. Batalionów Chłopskich 48, 25-671 Kielce, e-mail kancelaria.kielce@saltarski.com.

For more information regarding bankruptcy proceedings, please visit the website of Energetyczne Centrum at www.ec.net.pl, trustee in bankruptcy’s website at: http://saltarski.com/postepowania_lista/energetyczne-centrum-s-a-w-upadlosci-krs-0000353502/ or contact the trustee in bankruptcy by phone at: 41 300 56 91 and 573 012 513.

For more information regarding actions against Energetyczne Centrum, please visit the website of the market regulator – Energy Regulatory Office: https://www.ure.gov.pl/pl/urzad/informacje-ogolne/komunikaty-prezesa-ure/7938,Informacja-nr-1022018.html.

Consumer helpline: 801 440 220 or 22 290 89 16.

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