Charge/Fee Reviews

“  Walton EMC is a gas services intermediary here in GA. With them getting paid to facilitate gas service for GNG, they are not a walk in the park to work with. Namely on renewal of service. The notification and renewal structure they have in place is more aligned with jacking up your price per therm than it is helping the customer get the best deal. They imply technology and other means to collect their fees (I literally got text messages when my bill was coming up, when it is due, when it is past due with links directly to the page to pay) but dont have the option to receive notification when my contract was about to expire and my price per therm was about to rise over 250%. We post it on 2 billing statements before your contact expires is the rhetoric they use, but when you thrust e-bill statements down my through every time I log in, I dont get the bill to see the notice. You literally have to log into your account, navigate to the actual PDF paper bill, not the account summary or ledger but download and view the bill, to see this information. This is a blatant failure to the customer which is why I emphatically implore people reading this to use another provider. Bill went from $60-$90/month to over $200/month due to contract expiration. It is obvious they would rather have your contract expire, even for a month, so they can take all of your money and potentially leave you out in the cold... ”

“  I went with Constellation because they were the only company offering a competitive 24-month fixed price natural gas plan with a reasonable customer service charge. Since then, I wish I would have chosen another company.

I have never had any billing issues with my three previous natural gas companies, but every other month I have a problem with Constellation. The frequently leave off the Atlanta Gas Light monthly charges and have to add them to your next bill. As such, I may be $20 one month and then $80 the next month because of the issue. My monthly bills look like a heart rate monitor when graphed. I've called them several times and they just apologize and say there's nothing they can do ”

“  They have decent prices, but when a billing issue arose, I had to call 6 times and speak with 6 different people - they never followed up or kept track of open items. They would not let me discuss the billing issue with the billing department. I had to go through customer service reps who did not understand the situation. Eventually, I just had to give up and pay the extra charges even though they were wrong. I decided it was best to pay them the charges and then just never use them again, than keep arguing with customer reps on the phone that did not understand the issue. Would never use them again, even if they had the lowest therm rate. ”

“  I was charged twice for AGL charges in Nov. Once by SCANA and once by Constellation. As AGL does not charge in arrears, neither company would offer an explanation. SCANA was disappointing experience.AGL was worse than they were. ”

“  horrible experience. Sent payment thru bill pay, XOOM claimed they did not receive payment. We provided proof from the bank via copy of check showing their bank/name. Weeks later they sent a disconnect notice, we called again provided copy of checks, they said thats not good enough, we need copy of bank statement...we blacked out info they did not need sent in, weeks later after many calls still not resolved, finally 2.5 months in we received a notice in the mail the account was finally credited, but demanding $30 in late fees!!! Still fighting this with them. DO NOT USE THESE FRAUDS ”

“  Hours and hours spent on the phone to get a credit on an early termination fee of $150, that they told me should have never been charged. The lady asked for the best contact number, in case we were disconnected. I gave her 2 phone numbers. After an hour and 45 minutes, we were disconnected. She didn't call back. She had already taken care of the $150 fee but I asked for the taxes on the fee to be credited back, as well, before we were disconnected. So, I call back the next day and the new customer rep told me not only was I not getting the sales tax back, a manager had also reversed the early termination credit and put it back on my bill. VERY Long story, short, it took another hour and a half of my life to request all phone conversations be reviewed to get my $150 back. But for some reason they refuse to credit back the extra taxes. The entire situation is still very hard to fathom. Quick story from 2 years ago, when I called to have my service stopped because I only use gas for heat. I was told it would be 3 weeks before they could turn it off. I asked to get it done before I was pushed over into another month of AGL pass thru charges, taxes, fees etc. I own a store and have 2 meters so, before I even use a single therm of gas my bills are about $140 each. Needless to say, they couldn't get my gas turned off before the next billing cycle. So I was forced to pay $280 for 2 days in the new cycle. They issued a $30 credit for the inconvenience. I will never use or recommend GNG again in this lifetime. I actually have more nightmare stories, from over the years, both residential and commercial, but I think we get a pretty good understanding of their business practice ”

“  Extra charges in my bill ”

“  I renewed my contract with GNG in August, but changed from the flat rate plan to the per therm plan. For the last 30 days I used a total of 10.4 therms, but still got billed for the flat rate because, according to them, it takes 1-2 billing cycles for tge account to change. And I don't get any credit for the difference! My bill should have been about $10 plus all the made up fees, but now I'm told if I break my new contract I will be charged early termination fees. They'd better take a picture of the last payment I made because that's the last money they're gonna see from me! ”

“  My service was turned off by someone who had a contract on my house but it fell through. So, I had to foot the bill for reconnection fees. No verification whatsoever needed for this individual to turn off service at a property they do not own or rent. Gas South needs to provide better protection for their customers. But, charging me new reconnections fees sure is nice for them. ”