Billing Reviews

“  I shop for the best rate on electricity. Santanna had a good three month rate so I signed up for 5.98 cents a KW/hr and no administrative fee. In October, the month before my three months ended, I requested a switch. That took a few extra days to process and ended up being accepted on 10/20 - nine days before the end of the period. Apparently since that was within the 10 day rescission period, I couldn't start my service until the next billing period- starting 12/2. OMG, what a jump in rates! Not only did I go up from 5.98 cents/KWhr to 9.015, but they also added a $10 a month administrative fee. The letter I got before this happened warned me of the increase (but got the new rate wrong) and said nothing about the administrative fee. (That possible fee was mentioned in the contract I got at the beginning of the period.) My suggestion - get your request to switch at the end of a period in to the utility 30 days before the cycle ends. ”

“  We've been with constelation for about 6 months now and we haven't seen not 1 cent in savings on our already high electrical billing in fact I think our bill went up I think this company is full of it ”

“  Town Square policy misleads customers with its option to choose their supplier. Up until last year, there was a 2-week window for changing to a supplier with a more competitive rate. Now I ve been told that any change of supplier must be put in place within 2-3 billing cycles of the existing contract. The catch is that most suppliers require a commitment of a 4-6 months contract and any request to switch sooner involves a $50 cancellation fee. Town Square has out its customers over a barrel with the result that they never know of a good time to switch. I have ended up sticking with the Town Square energy supply rate; no surprise that this Town Square standard rate is the highest out there. Town Square should do better than this for its customers. ”

“  I enrolled in May and never have received a bill to date (7-15-2018) I pay my bills on time but how can I get a bill sent to me so I can pay. I am concerned that I owe gas usage but because I have had no contact with the gas company they will show me not paying when it is not possible for me to pay without an invoice to pay. very unhappy concerning billing and Account management, Customer Service ”

“  Would not use again. Price to leave is $78 even when your contact is over. Got a great electricity rate so I chose this company over bigger names but when it was time to renew the offer they made was no longer competitive so I switched. Turns out an "Oncor Electric Company Surcharges Approved" showed up on my last invoice, even though I was out of contract. The price to switch electric companies varies and in my opinion, anything over $20 is way too much, especially for something automated. Exact actual price to end service is not disclosed in terms of service, only a mention that a fee may be changed.Also had some billing problems - signed up for auto-pay but didn't charge my card for some reason one month (even though they had the 4 months prior) then called to say my bill was overdue, and I had to go online and pay again. Later appologized via automated email. ”

“  I have been a Startex customer for over 8 months (signed two, 3 month contracts and stayed on variable rates for the remaining months). I reached out to their customer service via their website chat option and was told that they couldn't offer me the same rate as advertised on Powertochoose.org because those prices were not available for renewals, even though I am out of my contract. It seems that the company is more focused on getting new customers rather than retaining their current customers. Also, their rates are on the high end compared to some of the other providers. To be fair, I have had no issues with billing and received contract expiration notices timely. I am just irked at the fact that they would rather charge their existing and on-time paying customers more than new customers. To top things off they sent me an email for referral bonuses. Why would I want to refer anyone to Startex if they won't do enough to retain me as a customer? ”