Charge/Fee Reviews

“  I had Green Mountain Energy for the first two years I had solar panels on my house. The plans at that point were great, though now that they have expired their remaining solar buy-back plans are MUCH worse (can't be credited for excess generation in a month, no carryover, and <1:1 credit for even production up to your intake from the grid) so am looking elsewhere.I understand companies are trying to figure out how to make money off this and experimenting with different plans so that was disappointing but not totally unexpected. What sparked me to write a review was that when I called to find out about switching to a plan still listed on their website but that errored when I tried to sign up, the person I spoke to really didn't know their plans (turns out the one I wanted is still listed on the website but no longer available, btw). I literally had to explain how the solar buyback works, how the charges on the EFL added up, etc., just to finally get to the point where he understood how their own plan worked - and then said "well, you should probably just sign up for this one we offer because you won't find anything better". Really frustrating. I was put on hold several times while I thought he was trying to find additional information or alternate plans, turns out he was just trying to figure out how the plans I had already explained worked.Billing and account management while I had them worked fine, but disappointed at how drastically they curtailed their solar support and that in trying to find out what alternatives I had, I had to spend my time explaining how electricity charges work to their customer service person. It was a half-hour conversation where the only new information I got was "yes, that plan on our website is not actually available," which would've taken 20 seconds to say if they actually valued our time. ”

“  The first Constellation customer service person didn't know much about my first bill and could not explain details of the AGL charges. ”

“  If they bill you wrong they still want you to pay what they billed you. Even though they messed up. They will gladly fix it for you. But it will show as a credit 1 to 2 billing cycles later. What kind of company charges their customers for the company's mistake? It would take a lot for me to refer someone to Constellation Energy now. After this experience. Also. Don't call on the phone. I spent almost 1.5 hours trying to get through on the phone. Chat online I waited 5 and you get a transcript of the chat. They do have some of the lowest rates available though. ”