Energy Firm Cops Huge Fine for Dodgy Door-to-Door Sales

Energy Firm Cops Huge Fine for Dodgy Door-to-Door Sales
A close up of a power bill in Melbourne, Australia, on Oct. 22, 2012. Quinn Rooney/Getty Images
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Power and gas company Sumo will fork out $10 million (US$6.4 million) for door-to-door sales in the largest ever penalty for breaches of one state’s energy laws.

Companies are banned from calling on a customer at home to negotiate contracts without their direct consent, but Sumo admitted to doing so almost 6000 times between January and August 2022.