UK Energy Firm Accidentally Sends Out Trillion-Dollar Checks to Customers

UK Energy Firm Accidentally Sends Out Trillion-Dollar Checks to Customers
Snow covers fields and hills surrounding St, Mary The Virgin Church in the Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire, amid freezing conditions in the aftermath of Storm Arwen, on Nov. 28, 2021. Danny Lawson/PA via AP
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Northern Powergrid, a UK electrical distribution company, thanked customers for not trying to cash out trillion-pound checks the firm had mistakenly sent as compensation for power cuts.

In November 2021, heavy storms swept across the UK that left thousands of people without power. As compensation, 74 customers received checks worth trillions of dollars, amounts that the company claims are a clerical error.

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Naveen Athrappully is a news reporter covering business and world events at The Epoch Times.
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