Reliant Customer Reviews

If you have solar panels and your contract has expired, reliant will NOT give you credit for the solar electricity your panels produced.

I to switched over after going to Walmart and talking to a elses rep for reliant. Everything is going good except I have yet to receive my 100 dollar Walmart gift card, i was told it shipped on January 19th, 2022. Not sure why it taking my so long to get delivered to my apartment.

Professional and knowledgeable help from reliant energy electric co .would highly recommend service

Easy to deal with, fixed price eco friendly.

I am the Loyal customer. I called second time today after first call (the guy very dissapointed me). Second time I called and Ms. Swami answered to my call and she was very professional, nice, she answered to all my questions regarding my rate plan and my rewards. I am happy the Reliant company has such amazing people who has right professional etiquette to talk with customers. Thank you Ms. Swami- I would be happy if next time I will call the cust.serv.again to update my plan, so I will in the right place with right person like you to talk about new plan for continue with Reliant.

Hi as you may guess yes I am Mrs Drama Queen. I just became a customer today and power was scheduled for turn on today. I thought when i was approved with 0 deposit it was a good day that it was my lucky day. NOT! First off it was not from Reliant all that had happened , had happened. I had been living with my In-Laws for the past 7 months , 5 days , 4 hours , 57 mins. , and 15 seconds. Yeah that bad. Anyway a house my Mother In-Law owned all of a sudden became ours. My husband and I's. I had to go through drama to get the people living there out. Finally I had to get them evected. So out they went. I am not sure exactly when but they were gone by the time I went by yesterday checking to see if it was cleared so I could starting moving. Well people when you move into a new place dont forget to check everything including the utilities if they were on or off. As far as I knew they were on that pay as you go electric. I had told them a few days before to shut everything down that I wouldn't carry them , so yesterday I assumed all was off. Today I called around for Power and up tell Reliant none of the others made any sense. Seriously! When I was approved and told my Power would be on today. I was excited. My husband he has serious seizures. Especially in hot mugging weather , which was what it was like today. My husband has what they call Grandma Seizures which is the worse of it's kind. And almost all of the time when he has one he ends up in the hospital , at times as long as a month. Anyway after a hour went by I got on my tablet , found Reliant signed up waited about a hour then got on my tablet again , going to Reliant's web page and the lady who helped me ( think her name was Sandra ) was calm , polite , and very helpful. She assured me that the power would be turned on. So after logging off I waited for almost 3/4 hours. You ever have the feeling of pure panic run through-out your body? I did! I was scared out of my mind. My husband usually is the only one who can calm me down. Well he was Pail as a ghost. That's when I started calling again. What they on the other line didn't know , ( the Reliant Customer Service Person ) was I couldnt drive my husband to the hospital , and my tablet refuses to let 911 calls go through. I didn't tell them this , honestly I didn't think it would matter to them. Then my phone decided to have a mind of its own it kept shutting down , and always just when I was about done. It did this about 4/5 times , each time I had ( at least I thought I did) to start over. They , in total I believe was three no four operators , all started out with getting me calm and I would tell them what was going on , never failing right on cue that's when my tablet decided to venture on it's own. It shut off. Well this went on until the 5 time and then I think Juan C. Is his name. He stopped me before I got first sentence out , he said no problem that he'd would read the notes or what not and he'd be right back. Minutes later he was confirming the questions and concerns i had expressed to the other Operators. He said no problem got it. Guess what , yeap my Tablet went blank

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I wanted to scream , but instead I cried. That's when it happen !Bam! Power! The Power came on. Well my husband is good. He took a cold shower and rested. As the night winds down I remembered what JuanC had said right before being disconnected, he said no problem I got it. And I'll be dam he did just that. Now I on the other hand , Yes I am doing fine but after spending 4 hours on and off the phone , not knowing what I'd do if my husband had one of those moments , I am now off to the liquor store I think it's a good night for me and Mr. Patron to get to know each other. Thanks Reliant for being what all the other electric companies swear up and down to be , but aren't. That's honest , caring , helpful in times of need , a friend.

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Well all at Reliant

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( Especially the ones that had come to my rescue )

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Stay safe , and Healthy

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And Please..........

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" Be Safe "

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" Be Happy "

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" Have Fun "

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" Peace Out "

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Sign: A Very Happy Customer

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Lisa C.

Have been with Reliant for 6 years. Every year, they would increase my rate for the same plan. I realized that they charge about 1.5x the rate of their competitors for comparable services so I decided to switch providers when my latest contract expired on 9/10. Two days after my contract expired, I received an email confirmation stating that my contract had ended and that I would no longer receive power from Reliant because I had switched providers on the day my contract expired. I paid my final bill and thought that was it. I just received another bill today for an additional $117. I contacted Reliant and they stated that the bill was due to an excess usage charge of 1300 kwh that I had supposedly used on 9/9 - 9/10 (1 day of service). I argued with them saying that there was no way I could use 1300 kwh in a single day when that was my usual MONTHLY usage. They said the usage was reported by TDSP so I went on the Smart Meter Texas website and found that I had only used 40-45 kwh everyday for the past month, including the dates in question. I ended up paying the bill because I was tired of arguing with Reliant and they were not offering any resolutions. All I know is that this entire experience provided reassurance that I made the correct decision in changing providers. I will be communicating to whoever I can to not use Reliant because not only do their upcharge their customers, they are dishonest in their billing practices.

I have averaged about 10 cents per Kwh and never had an issue with billing or hidden fees. Maybe other users didn't read their plan.

I signed up for average billing and I thought I was getting a deal but they carry over the extra usage and you owe a whole bill on the back end.

I have not been home (2 bedroom apartment ) in 1 month , and my bill is $150 . How !!! And I havent been home ..

Expensive- They have their own rate per kWh rate, then Center point passed on rate. Feels like i am ripped off. all together i am paying 13 kWh.

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Their online portal wont allow to schedule payment of your own chosen date.

My electric bills were $300-$500 almost every month. Absolutely ridiculous. We were so conservative with our electricity and trying every way possible to keep our electric bill down. Other friends with the same square footage house and same electricity usage were make almost half that with other companies. We finally switched and then Reliant adds all these extra charges onto my last bill making it almost $700. Theres a cancellation fee of course which we had no problem paying but an extra $250 for no reason at all. So happy we switch. Do not recommend. Save your money folks.

In this day and age of internet, text messages, emails, instant everything....Not this company. Didn't even try to hide the fact that they are disconnecting people with no notice for the reactivation fees. How american of them. Greed just trumps everything. They wont have this customer much longer. I'm an apartment manager and will never refer this company to anyone ever again. Powertochoose.org people. Don't choose this company. A simple phone call text or email could have prevented this relationship from ending. No more referrals from my apt communities and no more money from my household. BYE FELICIA

I recently had to move from one Texas town to another for work. The apartment complex I moved into has a contract with another provider, so I was not given an option of which electric provider to select. Reliant is charging me a $150 early termination fee, despite not having the selection of providers at my new residence. When I called to speak with customer service, I am informed there is no way to credit the termination fee. I have been a long time Reliant customer, but when my lease is up in a few months and I move into my new home, I will no longer be a Reliant customer nor will I ever provide a positive recommendation, on the contrary I will advise all friends and family to avoid Reliant.

Reliant has battled me for almost a year now. They promise a google hub max when you sign on for a 2 year contract. Reliant energy has screwed me over because in my initial phone call where I agree to the contract I said the words "Google hub" rather than "Google Hub Max" so currently I've been denied the right to null my contract for inaccurate promotions. Reliant has defended their contract by sending me a Google Hub Mini and stating that everything gis now settled on their end and if I'd like to leave I MUST pay myself out of their contract. Have no issues with billing, But a company that cannot uphold their promotional offers for new customers is no company I would recommend. Choose your words wisely with Reliant Energy. I would also like to mention that multiple agents have confirmed my issue is easy to fix, However no manager that I spoke to would assist me in correcting the issue.

Do you enjoy having hours of your time wasted on the phone only for nothing to be fixed? If so come on over we have spent the last week trying to get our energy transferred to our new place. 7 calls around 30-90 minutes a piece to only be told the same thing over and over

I had reliant for two years. Everything was okay for the time been. Then suddenly I decided to switch to a different electricity provider and the double my last electric bill. Their excuse is that their system changed my plan to average usage. I did not even know about it. I was like,what the? They told me I need to keep the account monitored. Hello!!!! I had a two year plan!! You were not supposed to change it! Now I have to pay over $400 dollars for the month of December 2021! Are you kidding me?! It's not even Summer!!!this is outrageous!

Our church requested a review of our account several months ago and it was found that we were overcharged just over $1,800, which we were to be refunded. That was several months ago. Supposedly we were sent a check, but it went to the wrong city! Multiple attempts to resolve this have been unsuccessful, with us being told "it will be resolved within 3 weeks." Still nothing!

So far the customer service side of things has been fine and we haven't experienced outages unless it's a block-wide one. However, I was jumping between plans every 3-6 months to save money on power before this. Our usual power bill (slight variation during seasons) averages around $50/month. After signing up for reliant for a long term plan my bill instantly jumped into the hundreds. I'm not saying there are sketchy charges, but when signing up I definitely did not foresee some small extra fees becoming big enough to almost double my bill. As soon as my term is over I'm dumping this. I'd recommend hopping plans to get better prices than going with a long term one like I did. Definitely a mistake I won't make again.

I've been with Reliant, formerly HL&P since the 70s. I'd never felt cheated until my current plan renewal. I was told I was getting a better/lower rate than my expired plan. WHAT A LIE!!!! I've NEVER had to pay as much for my light bill as I do now! Then to find that I'm locked into this plan for 2 years, unless I pay $200 for changing my plan. I tried talking to customer service, but it was like talking to a robot; no feelings, no empathy, no caring about your extremely high bills, even though you're a senior with a fixed income. NOTHING!!!

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As soon as I find another provider I am done with Reliant. They could care less about me being a loyal customer all my grown life.

Reliants prices are very sketchy to me. Every single month my bill increases, even if I used less energy than the previous year in that same month. During this terrible COVID pandemic, which has created very hard economic times, especially for a young widow trying to raise two children alone, I feel like your company is just hitting me at every possible turn. I do not have the energy or time to even care to look into another provider because I am barely capable of navigating the death of my husband right now, but I thought you should know your bill, which I can barely pay each month, is the bill I dread receiving the most.

I have lived all over the United States and this is by far the absolute worst energy company I have ever dealt with. I cancelled service after 13 days. I have never had to do that in my life. They never refunded me for monies owed to me.

I termed my coverage and apparently got charged for a time-frame AFTER I moved out. I turned off all electricity and units in the apartment after vacating but yet I apparently used $60.16 of electricity. When I called and spoke with Angelo in customer service he basically stated it is what it is. Nice! Great service Reliant - said sarcastically.

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Blood money paid - Good Riddance Reliant.

In August 2022, I had solar panels installed. The meter was switched to be able to read the solar power I am creating and using. However, Reliant charged me almost $800, because somehow the new meter said I used 1600 kwh in one day. It took months for this to be resolved. I called several times to explain the issue and not once did someone say the 100% Solar plan I was on, was not for people with solar panels. Finally, someone switched me to the Solar Department and got me on the Buyback plan. No rollover plan. So you can't keep what you make. Furthermore, Reliant states they cannot back credit me for all the power I had been generating and possibly using because I wasn't on the correct plan. Needless to say, I am switching.

Put my contract in on a Friday and the didnt start service till Monday which cost me 100 dollars extra.

I called 6 weeks before moving out to cancel my month to month plan. They didnt make note of it so I ended up having to pay for 2 weeks of electricity in an apartment that I didnt live in. When I called to ask the man I spoke to, Jose, was so incredibly rude and wouldnt even listen to what I had to say, then hung up on me. Terrible customer service and completely inept.

Reliant energy is the worst light company I could have ever signed up for people go through things in a time of need and they are not there to help you what so ever If they was the last company on earth I would not have lights and would never ever recommend this light company to anyone.

Reliant no longer has any reps in the US much less Texas. I can only speak with someone in Mexico who says they have no way of transferring me to someone in the US.

I couldnt recommend enough to look for a different provider. They will scam you out at any angle possible and charge you the absolute most they can get away with, and they will always charge you a cancelation fee no matter what they say when you sign up. They will not take accountability for their actions, and nothing they do or dont do is their fault. Hard to find an honest company who cares more about you and less about how much you will pay them.

3rd world billing and paying i. t. system CS Reps poorly trained and lack the simplest of English skills dont seem to know how to use a spell check on an official email reply

I was with first Choice power last year and was switched over to reliant energy Because first choice power went out of business And they sent my account over to Reliant which is high as hell Shouldnt I get a sea with light company I wanted to be switch to I do not recommend reliant they are a scam artist they are too high is sad I would never recommend anyone to reliant if there was the last like company on earth I will be in the dark is sad and its a shame to go from paying eight per percent to 16 something percent so mean if you have a $200 bill your bill is gonna double to $400