ScottishPower ordered to pay £8.5 million to customers it misled

ScottishPower is to pay £8.5 million to customers after an investigation by regulator Ofgem found that the group provided misleading information through its doorstep and telesales agents.

The watchdog said that, between October 2009 and January 2012, ScottishPower provided customers with inaccurate estimations of annual charges and comparisons with their current supplier if they switched to the firm and failed to adequately monitor its sales staff.

ScottishPower has set up a £1 million compensation fund for those affected, while the remaining £7.5 million will be paid to more than 140,000 vulnerable customers, who will automatically receive payments of around £50 each by December.