Direct Energy class action claims utility places unsolicited, prerecorded telemarketing calls

Direct Energy calls class action lawsuit overview: 

• Who: Holly Newman filed a class action lawsuit against Direct Energy LP.
• Why: Newman claims Direct Energy violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by allegedly placing unsolicited and pre-recorded telemarketing calls to consumers who had not provided them with their prior express consent to do so.
• Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in Maryland federal court and transferred to Texas federal court.

Direct Energy routinely made unsolicited and pre-recorded telemarketing calls, including to consumers who had not given the energy company their prior express consent to do so, a class action lawsuit filed in 2021 alleges.

Plaintiff Holly Newman claims Direct Energy is violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by allegedly placing the unsolicited telemarketing calls without consent. 

Newman wants to represent a class of consumers in Direct Energy’s Northeast region that received an artificial or pre-recorded telephone call from the company within the last four years, despite not having provided Direct Energy with their telephone number. 

The class action lawsuit was originally filed in Maryland federal court in 2021, however the case has since been transferred to a Texas federal court following a motion to transfer request filed by Direct Energy. 

Direct Energy autodialed telemarketing calls to non-customers, class action says

Newman claims she received at least one autodialed telemarketing call from Direct Energy on or around January 2019, despite not being a Direct Energy customer nor providing the company with consent to call her with a pre-recorded message. 

Counsel for Newman had previously filed a class action lawsuit against Direct Energy on behalf of a separate plaintiff, however the judge overseeing that complaint ultimately chose not to certify a proposed nationwide class. 

A similar class action lawsuit was also filed against Direct Energy in February 2021 by a consumer in Pennsylvania claiming the company violated the TCPA by placing telemarketing calls to numbers listed on the National Do Not Call Registry.

The consumer behind that complaint argued Direct Energy contacted him with telemarketing calls 11 times in 19 days, despite his number allegedly being listed on the National Do Not Call Registry.

Have you received an unsolicited and pre-recorded telemarketing call? Let us know in the comments! 

The Direct Energy calls class action lawsuit is Newman, et al. v. Direct Energy LP, Case No. 4-23-cv-01388, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

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