The Village of Versailles has received several complaints regarding solicitors going door-to-door in the Village claiming to be with various utilities requesting to see resident/business utility invoices for natural gas and/or electric. The complaints usually include the person telling the resident that they are just there to verify they are being charged the correct price. They ask residents to NOT provide such solicitors their utility bill information as those documents contain account numbers and other information that could potentially be used in a harmful manner. Please be further advised that these door-to-door solicitors as of this writing DO NOT have a Village Solicitor’s Permit which is required by Village Ordinance No. 83-10. The solicitors that we have received reports on and whom have been stopped by the Versailles Police Dept. are from DirectEnergy and Provision Power & Gas. Neither of these entities are a utility in the Village and are not exempt from the requirement of a Solicitor’s Permit.
Residents are free to select a natural gas supplier (energy only) of their choosing with CenterPoint Energy being our local natural gas supplier that owns the gas mains and delivers natural gas to your home or business.
If such a door-to-door solicitor comes to your door, please ask them to leave and call the Versailles Police Department at (937) 526-3172 or the Darke County Sheriff’s Office at (937) 548-2020 to report the incident.
