His bank has told him that Npower will have to request the money transfer is rescinded before it can be taken out of his account.
For now, he has transferred it into his savings account to avoid confusion - and he may be able to pocket any interest it earns.
Npower last month put fuel prices up by 10.4 per cent, more than rivals British Gas and SSE, taking an average annual bill for gas and electricity to £1,459.
It recently revealed profits so far this year of £116million, however that was down on last year and led to warnings of 2,000 job losses.
But chief executive Paul Massara branded calls for him to give up his annual bonus of around £150,000 a 'gimmick', saying he would only receive it for meeting customer satisfaction targets.
Anyone who receives a windfall which they suspect was deposited accidentally and fails to inform their bank is likely to be committing the offence of retaining wrongful credit under the 1968 Theft Act.
In 2008 Amanda Moorcroft, of Blackburn, was jailed for ten months after spending £135,000 wrongly paid into her sister's Abbey National account on a holiday to Florida, luxury furniture and gifts to relations.
An Npower spokesman said: 'We're currently investigating this internally as a matter of urgency.'
据英国《每日邮报》11月24日报道,英国德资能源巨头Npower近日误将15万英镑巨款打入业余演员特里•阿特金森的银行账户。
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