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Millions of households may be able to claim money back from their energy suppliers.

Firms like British Gas, Octopus and Eon will pay cash to certain customers, but they must request it.

This relates to credit that has been built up on direct debit accounts, when customers have paid for more than they have used.

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This is your money - and suppliers are required to comply with requests for it to be paid back.

In some cases, hundreds of pounds may have built up on accounts.

This extra money is put aside as credit by energy companies to help cover costs when energy usage increases during winter - but households often build up m

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