Stream Energy - Company Information

“  I pay all my bills at the same time. I had thought I paid the electric bill. I didn't get a second notice or anything but I got my power turned off. I have a smart meter so it's done quickly. I electronically sent payment. I was on the phone with them to keep asking when they could give the okay to the energy provider to turn service back on. Kept saying it would take a couple hours. Next day, I still did not have power. I got a proof of payment from my bank to see when they received the funds. They received my money the same day it was disconnected. I called customer service and then they said it would take 5 to 7 days to proccess the payment. I couldn't understand since it was in their hands electronically. Since they had my payment, why could they not turn my power on in this modern age of information technology?Well they said they understood 5 to 7 days is a long time to go without power and said next time pay by phone instead of electronically. I said there will not be a next time and I jumped ship. I called TXU and got power less than two hours. Month later and just now they are hitting me up with an early cancellation charge of 250. I talked to a manager and he said I broke the contract for not paying for consumed service. I told him I was paid up in full and had proof and they broke the contract by not providing service. I'm going to see if I can fight them on the charge once I get the contract reviewed by the lawer. ”

“  This the worst customer experience of any service, bar none, I have ever experienced. From navigating their website, to speaking with people directly. The indifference oozes from these people. Their employees have all the passion for helping people of an IRS employee.For months I attempted to get my bill's due date moved two days later, so I can pay it on the day I get paid. It was a simple "help me give you money,' kind of thing. Not rocket science.This a pretty common, simple request any utility provider will accommodate. But not for these people, this is like asking for China, or to move a continent. It took five months to accomplish this, meanwhile I'm getting late charges every month that I have to contend every month. Each time the excuse is "it's an automated system... it does that when you don't pay the whole bill every month." Yeah people, get my bill right and I'll pay the full amount.One time I asked them to reverse an automatic debit because it was grossly off and I couldn't afford to pay them twice that month. They said they couldn't do that, and to call my bank. OK fine, so I did it through my bank. A month later I called them up to inquire about what was the 2nd or 3rd "accidental" disconnects (which they charged me for, mind you) and they asked me if I'd like to pay my $330 electric bill for my 1100 sq ft apartment. Apparently, when rejecting a payment through your bank, their system blacklists your payment method. Now each payment gets rejected every month. It's either this, or pay their $2.95 payment over the phone fee every month, on top of their ridiculous charges. I'm not destitute, but it's the principle.So I cancelled the service August 30th, and knew I still had a last invoice. So I found out it was two; one for my regular bill, the other for a reconnection I got charged for they were supposed to wave. So once I learned that my last payment was rejected (Sept 18th) I send them a check. I look online to see if it was received, and it was credited to my account.So I call to make payment arrangements, and the kid on the phone tells me they received my last payment on Oct 1st, and sent me to collections on October 15th, and kept pushing me to call the debt collector. I asked his supervisor what would happen if I walked across the hallway (their in my business complex) and made a payment, and he said it would still be in collections with a zero balance with the other company until I pay it through them.So after 14 years of paying my bills on time, I now have a mark on my otherwise perfect credit, all because I was dumb enough to give this company my business. This company has absolutely NO desire to work with, accommodate, or even provide reasonable service to their customers.Biggest mistake I've made in a long time. This is the worst company to do business with, hands down. ”

“  Beware Beware Beware I do not use the internet to pay bills. I mail them the day I get my bill. I have gotten a late charge on every one of my bills. Horrible company. Running as fast as I can away from them. ”

“  My stream energy bill is under my roommates' name. They did not send us a bill for last month (happens often) and when I call to get by bill they tell me that they can't speak to me about it because it's not under my name, even though my name and address is on all of the checks we've sent for the past 6 months. THEY WILL DO ANYTHING TO MAKE YOU PAY EXTRA FEES!!!!! ”

“  I received a bill from a collection agency today asking for $38.89 from 2005. I have never received a bill from this company in the past and have always left a forwarding from the US post office when I moved. This seems very suspicious that I would just now be getting a request for a past due amount when I have never received a bill or a request for any final bill when I moved over 7 1/2 years ago. ”

“  I had been a Stream customer for over 5 years. My electricity was disconnected because I had accidentally paid the amount of the previous months bill which left a balance of $45.00. After paying the balance I was put on hold for 2 hours and kept getting disconnected and had to call back over and over. I could not go to work and leave my sons (ages 15, 13, and 10) home without electricity in the middle of August in Texas... I also could not risk losing my job due to being held on the phone for hours. I had no other choice but to call another company. I notified Stream of the reason I had to break my contract and they said they were sorry but they refuse to reverse the early termination fee. I would not recommend Stream to anyone. ”

“  Service was great before we moved to Galveston. 3 weeks before moving to Galveston I called for service to be connected at my new house so we can get everything working before we moved into our new home. 1 week before moving I called to double check everything was good to go, and the customer service rep told me everything was ready to go, and there would be a $50 connection fee, which I agreed too. Since we were moving in from out of town we arrived at our new home on a Friday morning at 8am. There was no power, and I look at the breaker box outside to find out there wasn't even a meter installed.

I then call Stream Energy to ask what's going on, and they tell me to call Center Point Energy because Center Point was supposed to install the meter, and it is out of there control. I then call Center Point and they tell me they had sent out a technician 2 1/2 weeks ago, and he flagged the installation because the electrical permit had expired, and that they had sent out a fax and an email to Stream Energy, for Stream Energy to notify us about the situation since electrical permits only take 1-3 days to get. I then asked if I can get a copy of the fax and email and they gladly sent it to me.

I call Stream Energy back to complain and tell them about the situation, and the Customer Service rep told me that Center Point is lying about the whole thing, and they never received anything. I then explained to the Rep that I had the email and the fax number with confirmation that the fax was sent, and even gave him there fax number which matched the fax number on the invoice Center Point sent to me. He then got upset and told me there is nothing they can do, and they can not submit another workorder until Monday morning.

I then explained to the rep that we were moving from out of town and had no where to go, so to please make something happen. He then transferred to a manager which took about 30 minutes to get a hold of. I pleaded my case with the manager, and told him my living situation for the moment, he then told me they can't do anything about it because it is to late in the afternoon, and they are not opened on the weekends, and that he would have to file another work order to get the electricity turned on which would take 1-3 days beggining Monday.

We then got into a shouting discussion, and I told him I had an infant in the house, and my nearest relative was over 300 miles away (which is true). I also pleaded with him to please help me get something done, and he then told to me to light candles inside the house for light since we still had water, or to take my family to a homeless shelter until this matter gets resolved since there is nothing he can do until Monday. Being that it's sumemr time, and it the temperature was pushing the high 90's, I then got really irate with him, and told him I was going to report him and his company since I had everything in documentation, and was recording the phone call. He then told me to call Center Point and see if there is anything they can do about it.

I then call Center Point to see if there is anything they can do, and explained the situation. They told me if I can get an electrical permit from the City of Galveston that they will do what is known as a "work-around order", and have me set up Friday night latest Saturday morning since I have an infant, but that Strean Energy must submit the "work-around" order. I get to the City of Galveston before they close and explain the situation, and they make an exception to get me the permit and hand it to me right then and there.

I called Center Point back and they were to go install the meter, but all they needed was the "work-around order" from Stream Energy. I then call Stream Energy back and tell them to please send it, and the Customer Service rep tells me they can not do the order because it is to late in the day. I explained to them that Center Point would make the exception if they sent the order right now, and the rep kept giving me the run around. He then transferred to a manager, and the manager told me he would do the order for to finally stop me from calling. I kept calling Center Point to make they got it and they never received it.

Being that it was getting late in the day, the rep at Center Point apologized for the inconvenience and told me since they hadn't received the order there was nothing that could be done that night. I called Stream Energy once again to ask them if they really sent it, and the manager told me it was sent but Center Point would not get it until the morning, and then gave me a order confirmation number. I then had to get an hotel room for the night, and being that it was the weekend in Galveston the cheapest I could find was $179 a night.

I called Center Point the next day and gave them the confirmation number to the order, and they told me they still hadn't gotten it. I then called Stream Energy again, and they told me it was sent but Center Point would not receive until Monday because they don't work on weekends. I was so frustrated at this point that I just went with it, and had to pay for 2 more nights at the hotel.

Monday rolled around and I called back, and finally got my order processed. Being that it was processed Monday morning Stream Energy then told me it would be Tuesday or Wednesday before anything would get done since orderes 48-72 hours to process. I once again told them my living situation, and they once again told me there is nothing they can do about it. Once Wednesday came around I still had no power or a meter at the house. Once again I called to be givin the run around. Stream Energy told me the work order cancelled since it was a "work-around" order, and they would have to submit a regular invoice to get my services started up. I was finally in my house that next Monday, 10 days after I was scheduled to move in, and over $900 in hotel stays!!! They could not refund me any of it, even after proving to them that it was their fault I was in this predicament to begin with.

My bill came in 1 month later, and it was a whopping $632. $107 for the meter box, $200 for 5 work orders I requested and that they never completed, $100 for 2 connection fees, and the rest was kilo-watt usage. I called Stream Energy and the manager told they would refund the fees on the next bill but to pay them right now and they will get credited. I did not agree to it, and told me the manager to please take them off right now and he agreed to it. I told him I was only paying the meter charge and the kilo-watt usage, and he told that was fine.

This month I received my new bill, and the charges were not taken off. I was given a notice stating if I didn't pay my past due I was being disconnected. I then called back and they once again told me they couldn't anything for me (surprise surprise), and that the fees were going to stick. I canceled my contract with 7 months left. I would rather pay my cancellation of $300 then stay with this type of company. I advise anyone out there to never get Stream Energy. Learn from this experience. ”

“  I've been a Stream customer for only a month and a half and already I'm ready to switch. I called to setup my account the week before we moved into our new house and, although I could hardly understand the rep I spoke with on the phone and had to have him repeat everything, everything appeared to be setup correct for our move. The day we moved in, the power was off. I had to escalate to a supervisor to get it turned back on in the next 12 hours. Secondly, they botched my name, both first and last, even though I clearly spelled it for them on the phone and udpated it on their website. English is a challenge to each of the 5+ reps I've spoken with in the past month. My first bill had a $250 penalty for early termination - AND I HAD ONLY BEEN A CUSTOMER FOR 1 MONTH! Another phone call and that was credited but what a waste of my time. Today, I received an urgent email saying they've been trying to get a hold of me because my contract expired and I need to go lock in a new rate... Really? And I had committed to a 1 year contract with fixed rate. Oh, well, if that's expired after just 1 month, so be it. If they can't keep track of my contract and can't understand me when I call them on the phone, I'm switching to another company who is just a bit more competent. ”

“  My advice is stay away, far far away. I switched over to Stream because they were offering a better rate than the company I was with currently. I had no complaints with this company until my contract expired and switched to another company with a better rate. Approximately a month after switching I received a bill for $3200.00. I have been in my house for over eight years and my bill with Stream during my contract was always in line with my average electric usage; however, they claimed that Reliant was guesstimating my electric usage for the last 7 months and the bill for $3200.00 was a true up from the guesstimate. In all my time in this house, my highest electric bill was $480.00. According to what I already had paid on my electric bill, plus the "true up", my average electric bill would have been over $700 plus dollars. Of course, they would not allow me to talk to any supervisor and would not listen to any reasoning. They ultimately threatened to send me to collections and ruin my credit if I did not pay. ”

“  My husband and I were referred to Stream Energy and we had no complaints never had any type of problems with them. We moved a little over a year ago and just a few months ago, we received a check from them for a very big chunk of money because we left off on good terms with them! It was such a blessing and a huge surprize! :) Thanks, Sir's & Madam's of Stream Energy XD ”

“  I have been a customer of Stream Energy for about 2 years. During that time I have had no problems with them at all. Only once, my power was turned off because I was late with a payment... didn't realize it. But, although they told me up to 48 hours to be reconnected, it was done the same day, in only a few hours. They have to say 48 hours because the man in the field may be in an entirely different area than yours and can't just drop what they are doing to serve you at that moment. ”

“  My husband and I have had their service for a few years with no problems until our last move. I had called a week ahead and scheduled our connection date at our new house and was given a confirmation number. Apparently, they can just come up with a random number because as soon as our landlord disconnected his electricity, what do you know, we were in the dark. Had it been just me and my husband we probably wouldn't be as irate as we were but having 2 children in the house, one only 3 months old, we were super pissed!They apparently do not have the technology to send out an emergency order to Oncor either. So after 2 hours of yelling at them demanding my power be connected I got an "I'm sorry for the inconvenience but there is nothing we can do." The best part is after being told we will have $50 credited to us on our first invoice and then calling back once already to have the credit applied, I got a disconnect for non-payment notice.The cherry on top was when I called back today to have the credit applied (again because it wasn't applied the first time I called in about it) I was told by a complete moron that I would have only been credited the $50 had I been originally been charged a priority connection fee. Which the credit was given for the inconvenience of not having service and nothing to do with a priority connection fee. Well it took at least 5 minutes of me demanding to speak to a supervisor before she actually transferred my call, which the entire time she claimed that it was impossible to transfer my call. I'm pretty sure she wasn't the only person in the call center that day!Once I was on the phone with the supervisor, who apparently can read the notes on my account correctly, he applied the credit and was as nice as can be. He told me that anytime a supervisor has to take a call like mine that they review it with the first rep that answered the phone and assess how they could have handled the situation better. I don't know if literacy is required for their reps but maybe they should brush up on their reading skills. ”

“  WE HAVE HAD STREAM ENERGY SINCE NOV 2011 AND NEVER MISSED A PAYMENT. IN MAY WE MISSED AND RECEIVED A DISC NOTICE FOR MAY 10TH, HUBBY READ IT WRONG AND SAID IT WAS MAY 15TH (MY PAYDAY) SO I DIDNT WORRY ABOUT IT. OUR LIGHTS WERE CUT OFF ON THE 14TH (MON) SO I PRAYED ALL THE WAY TO WORK NOT KNOWING HOW I WAS GOING TO PAY AND FINALLY AFTER BEING ON HOLD AND GOING THROUGH THE AUTOMATED SERVICE A FEW TIMES i GOT A LIVE PERSON WHO TOOK MY BANK INFO OVER THE PHONE, GAVE CONFIRMATION# AND WHEN I ASKED WHEN THE LIGHTS WOULD BE BACK ON HE SAYS OH YOUR LIGHTS ARE OFF, HELLLOOO YES I SAID THAT IN THE BEGINNING OF THE CALL. HE SAYS I NEED TO TRANSFER YOU TO A CUSTOMER CARE SPECIALIST, I AM PUT ON HOLD AGAIN AND THE LADY TELLS ME IT COULD BE UP TO 48 HRS......I SAID U MEAN TO TELL ME IT COULD TAKE 2 DAYS, I HAVE A 3 MO OLD BABY IN MY HOUSE. SHE SAYS IT COULD BE SAME DAY BUT WE CAN'T GUARANTEE, MIND U I MADE THE PAYMENT BEFORE 8 IN THE MORNING. CUSTOMER SERVICE AND STREAM ENERGY SUCKS, I WILL CONSIDER CHANGING COMPANIES ONCE MY 6 MO CONTRACT IS UP...........I JUST RENEWED SO ITS GOING TO BE A LONG 4 MORE MONTHS. DO NOT SIGN UP WITH THIS COMPANY, IF YOU DO BE SURE TO PAY YOUR BILL BEFORE THE LIGHTS ARE CUT OFF BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU AT ALL.
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“  They are by far the cheapest company here in killeen. Haven't seem to run into any issues other than their very rude customer service. Have never been late or missed a payment except for one time when I was in the field I called a day late and they were completely rude Like it was her money. I felt as if I forgot to pay her directly. The customer serivce needs to change ”

“  I've had Stream Energy for many years and never had a problem. I liked the option to get a green energy plan. Then I moved and put in an order to transfer my service. The previous tenants also had Stream Energy, so when their disconnect went through, we were left in the dark. With some pressing, the customer service rep admitted our order didn't go through correctly. We were then told it would take several hours to get reconnected. Today I get a huge bill for "early termination" for them shutting the electricity off after 2 days. I get shuffled from one department to another and hung up on. I certainly won't be renewing, using them for my business, or recommending them to anyone. ”

“  Ever Since I switched energy companies I have saved so much money on my light bill. ”

“  I currently have 3 stream electric accounts and
have done
business with for years. I am in the
investment business of
buying and selling homes, constantly needing
service turned on and
off. Getting new service with these guys is
the most painful
call I make. It always starts with a rep who
can't speak or communicate the English language
or read number back to you? After 30 minutes
of torture they tell me I have to pay a $250.00
deposit. I then ask to talk to a supervisor
and he says it's a new policy everyone pays a
$250 deposit for new service. What a shame.... ”

“  With TXU I would pay 400.00 to 600.00 a month, for the very cold and very hot months..The same thing when I switched to Reliant.. I switch to Stream Energy two years ago.. I now pay 120.00 to 225.00 during those same months.. ”

“  I have been with Stream about 6 months, and i
was suppose to have been charged at 9.5, come
to fine out i was being billed at 11.9. I
called to see if they could change it and
correct my billing, they told me no. So i asked
for a manager or a supervisor and they said
there was no one on the floor for me to speak
with. My bill started off like 152.00 per
month, and then i go the shock of my life
375.00 per month and the sad thing is nothing
have changed. Everything have been the same and
when i got that large bills i started cutting
down on what i was using and the bill keeps
getting higher. This company is a rip off,
somebody needs to do something about them. ”

“  Have been a Stream Energy Customer for 5 years. They always have great rates and excellent service. ”