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Synergy customer overcharged thousands of dollars

Synergy customer overcharged thousands of dollars

Update: 2025-10-10
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Ben O'Shea reveals how Synergy's overpayment scandal cost 175,000 customers nearly $40 million. Plus, when the electricity provider expects to issue refunds.

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