PECO Energy Company

PECO Energy Company

Pennsylvania

 3.2/5 (340 reviews)

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Original review: Aug. 22, 2022

Peco representatives could use additional training with helping customer solve problems instead of passing us from one representative to another. This year 2022 Peco decided to raise our rate and whether your bill was current, they still send you out a shut-off notice and insist that you pay the new increase all at once or they will shut your electric off. This company need a serious overhaul.

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Original review: June 1, 2022

I have 5 children. We moved in with their cousin. He had back up bills. We have been trying to help. I called to get CAP to help with his electric on April 18th. And since then they haven't helped. They haven't done anything but lie and say they don't have income information, my children information. That's a lie! I have 50 emails and 48 faxed receipts proving I have sent it all. Someone ain't doing their job. And it's now June 1st and still nothing. Even the supervisors don't do anything. I'm from Maryland. At least the electric company did their job.

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    Verified Reviewer
    Original review: March 23, 2022

    My father lived by himself and had passed away in 2019. His house is in foreclosure process. But I’ve been trying to close out his Peco account which is still in his name. I’ve emailed them, called them, sent them his death certificate. And they electric is still running and fees are accumulating on his account. They will not get a penny from his estate because there is none. There was no probate and no will. The CS reps continue to tell me that the account will be closed. But there are bills still being mailed with past due balances. Not sure it’s so hard to close an account?? And why they continue to lie to me about it being closed. Not to mention the last time I called the lady transferred my call while in the middle of my conversation. Very Rude and disrespectful employees.

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    Verified Reviewer
    Original review: March 9, 2022

    I've called them twice about a potential gas leak causing my rates to soar through the roof and both times the people on the phone tried to argue with me about it's cold that's why your bill is 5 times higher. But I purposefully had the heat turned off to save in the winter because this isn't my first time using natural gas and I get nothing but people yelling at me telling me they aren't able to send a tech because I disagreed with the bill when the whole point of me calling was to have someone check to see if there was a leak or something wrong with the pipes.

    The first call the person hung up, the second call I had to hang up. No one there has any ability to comprehend or prove to me anyone there is competent. Literally choose anyone else if you can for a service provider. After 6 years of using them I'm going to do my very best to get them out of my life. The worst, literally worst. No help, just getting yelled at and told you are wrong even though you just have a concern. STAY AWAY.

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    Verified Reviewer
    Original review: Nov. 16, 2021

    We have been trying to get PECO to take action towards reviewing our house for a solar install since April. It is now November. They have not only done nothing, but they after many calls to various people and departments, they lie about what they are supposedly doing, then nothing happens. They are liars and thieves and do not care about their customers whom given them piles of money over the years. If I could give them 0 stars I would.

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    Verified Reviewer
    Original review: Jan. 7, 2021

    I can never get a hold of them. I keep calling, waiting for a representative and after 30 to 40 minutes it hangs up. This has happened too many times. When I do get somebody on the phone they give me a completely different story than the last person, but each swears their info is correct and not the other. I've been told I have 5 days to pay because they typed a shutoff 10 days ago... How am supposed to know that. Why wouldn't it take effect the date it was received? That's not a 10 day notice then is it? I have also been spoken down to which is new for me but I suppose they're so big the right hand doesn't know what the left is doing.

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    Verified Reviewer
    Original review: Nov. 19, 2020

    PECO was suppose to come out between 12pm-5pm to turn on my meter so I can get hot water & heat in my new place. They come at 8am! I would never tell them to come in the morning as it’s freezing and I have to drive an hour to be there. So now I have to wait 5 days till the next appointment! PECO???!

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    Verified Reviewer
    Original review: Sept. 15, 2020

    We (and all of our neighbors) were notified that our power would be out for 6 hours from 8 am to 2 pm today on September 14th for maintenance and upgrades. The power never went out and the scheduled work was never performed. Many people spent a lot of time preparing for this scheduled outage. I am a teacher teaching from home every day. Electric and internet are essential in this environment. I spent several hours breaking down my home office and moving it to an alternate location for the day.

    After teaching all day, I had to pack it all up again and move it back home. Several others were in similar situations. It was apparently all for nothing and we interrupted our lives, and then the work was never performed as the power never went out at all. After all the phone calls warning that the power would be out all day, not even a single courtesy call the day before saying the work could not be done as scheduled would have saved a lot of people a lot of grief. That is not an acceptable way to do business.

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    Verified Reviewer
    Original review: Aug. 6, 2020

    Every time we lose service it takes days to be restored. I report the outage with no feedback! Eventually I check in and it gives estimated restoration for days later with no description of the problem. Next they typically restore prior and let us know a day later that they did this. PECO just sent crews to Florida to react to tropical storm when they are completely incapable of handling anything on a local basis! I have a condo in Florida and get up to the minute status reporting on outages! No right to treat customers this way and should be penalized for its incompetence!

    7 people found this review helpful
    Verified Reviewer
    Original review: June 8, 2020

    PECO couldn’t care less about its customers. The robot always answers the phone. Do they even have employees? Service seems limited to collecting bills. After a recent storm my power and my neighbors’ was out for over 4 days. Peco was not prepared at all to restore power. Try living for four days without power for refrigeration, cooking, washing & drying clothes, internet, cell, vacuuming, lighting (living in darkness after 8 p.m.), air conditioning in 90 degree weather, alarm clock, etc. PECO should have to pay for our lost food, eating out, taking clothes to laundry and even loss of enjoyment of everyday activities. They cost us and many others a lot of dough because of their ineptitude. That’s the power of a monopoly. We have no other choice but to use the biggest loser called PECO!

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    PECO Energy Company author review by ConsumerAffairs Research Team

    PECO provides utility service for the Philadelphia-region and southeastern Pennsylvania. They have served Pennsylvania for over 130 years.

    • Assistance programs: PECO has options for low income customers who struggle to pay their energy bills every month. Customers can apply for assistance, whether they have low income or are experiencing temporary financial hardship.

    • Gift electricity: Friends, family members and neighbors can gift electricity to someone in need. Pay any amount you want towards a loved one’s energy bill.

    • Outage alerts: Sign up to receive outage alerts on your mobile device, so you always know when power is down in your area. Check the status of your power outage from PECO’s website, which is available on mobile devices as well as desktops.

    • Multi-family incentives: Receive a free energy assessment and installation of energy-saving devices and products when you own a property with four or more units. Multi-family property owners can also enjoy incentives when they install or upgrade their current appliances and equipment to high-efficiency, energy-saving equipment.

    • Online energy audits: Perform an energy audit on your home or business from PECO’s website. This can help you understand how you currently use energy so you can alter your usage to save money and conserve energy.

    The ConsumerAffairs Research Team believes everyone deserves to make smart decisions. We aim to provide readers with the most up-to-date information available about today's consumer products and services.

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