A lawsuit has now been filed against Summit Utilities as the company is being accused of “price-gouging” and “substantially over-billing” their customers.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A class action lawsuit has been filed against Summit Utilities as the company is being accused of “price-gouging” and “substantially over-billing” their customers.
The lawsuit alleges that Summit Utilities, which has seen continued complaints over the past several weeks, failed to “appropriately provide utility gas service to its customers in Arkansas.”
The company, which purchased assets of CenterPoint Energy back in April of 2021, was expected to bring a “seamless transition” to customers during the agreed upon 1 year transition period that it was allotted on the date of purchase.
According to the lawsuit, that agreed upon transition period expired in Dec. 2022, with several complaints following from customers shortly after.
The lawsuit claims that a number of different customers allegedly saw a huge …