Lanlord not paying utility bills

Hi i need some help. Last week my electricity was cut by endesa (for the 2nd time in 6 months) through the landlord not paying the bills which he thought he had a direct debit set up. Now this left us with no hot water, no cooker etc. The lanlord agreed for us to stay in a hotel until he had payed the bills and endesa had reconnected the power. The problem is that we were going to take the hotel costs off the following months rent but have been informed that he could evict us in 10 days.
How do we recoup the costs from the landlord without weakening our situation as tenents.
We reimburse the landlord for the utility bills once he has provided a copy of the bills.
We have been in our apartment for over 2 years and the original 11 month contract has expired but not renewed.