Insights January to March 2022 - Complaint core issues

Table 2 – Top 10 core issues, cases closed January to March 2022, including previous four quarters

Primary issue Secondary > tertiary issue Jan-Mar 2021 Apr-Jun 2021 Jul-Sep 2021 Oct-Dec 2021 Jan-Mar 2022
Billing High > disputed 868 (26.5%) 833 (21.8%) 1,124 (27.7%) 1,263
(33.6%)
897 (23.5%)
Billing Estimation > meter access / not read 157 (4.8%) 116 (3.0%) 163 (4.0%) 159
(4.2%)
141 (3.7%)
Billing Backbill 121 (3.7%) 73 (1.9%) 85 (2.1%)


70 (1.9%)

75 (2.0%)
Billing Account closing > error* 102 (3.1%)


-

89 (2.2%) 91
(2.4%)
-
Credit Payment difficulties > current / arrears 98 (3.0%) 107 (2.8%) 152 (3.8%) 127
(3.4%)
86 (2.3%)
Billing Error > other 87 (2.7%) 90 (2.4%) 88 (2.2%) 86
(2.3%)
104 (2.7%)
General Energy / water 84 (2.6%) 157 (4.1%) 139 (3.4%) 78
(2.1%)
133 (3.5%)
Billing Account opening > error* 81 (2.5%)   52 (1.3%) 60 (1.6%)  
Billing Refund or credit > delay / error / form

80 (2.4%)

91 (2.4%) 84 (2.1%) 65 (1.7%) 91 (2.4%)
Billing Other 65 (2.0%) 62 (1.6%) 78 (1.9%) 65 (1.7%) 77 (2.0%)

*New issue 1 July 2021
*There is a difference in the number of cases received and the number of core issues. This is because core issues are only assigned when a case is finalised and cases opened in one quarter can be closed in a later quarter.