E.ON to compensate UK customers after gas meter mix-up

British gas suppliers may have to compensate hundreds of their customers who were overcharged because of a mix-up involving metric and imperial measurements, with one having paid too much for 15 years. "Each case is being dealt with on an individual basis," E.ON spokesman Scott Somerville said, declining to say how much the problems would cost the company. Rivals Scottish Power, EDF Energy and SSE also indicated that small numbers of their customers could have been affected.