I’m not sure how energy companies get away with what they do, but Duke is the absolute WORST. We lose power CONSTANTLY, they are RUDE, unhelpful, and not transparent AT ALL. I’m not sure how they get away with monopolizing electricity, but Duke is an un-constitutional company that needs to be investigated. IMMEDIATELY.
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l A.
I have excellent credit and they have…
I have excellent credit and they have the gall to charge me $180 to use them that I have to pay in 2 installments. Had FPL for years and always paid on time before bill was even due. Never had to pay a fee like that. I dislike this so called company intensely, their customer service i(if you can call it that) is beyond lackluster, their billing procedures are horrible (can't even get a monthly paper bill in the mail), customer service reps that I dealt with exemplify what not to be and and overall they suck.
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Rafael T.
The workers don’t respect your…
The workers don’t respect your property. Had a truck in my backyard and they left tire tracks and branches they had cut on my property and broke my wooden fence. Next time I won’t be so nice to them. I didn’t report them but next time I hope they bring wings to complete there job.
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Damon Eugene Jr W.
I Signed Up for Autopay in April 2022. Big Mistake!
I signed up for autopay in April 2022. By doing so, I agreed for my Duke Energy bill to be taken out of my account on a monthly basis.
I did not initially receive bills from Duke Energy and therefore called Duke to ensure my account details were correct. I was told they were, and it was confirmed that I was signed up for autopsy.
In July, I received an $11,000 charge from Duke Energy. I called in to investigate the charge, was told the charge was made in error, and the charge was reversed.
I received a charge on October 11, 2022 for the amount of $864. I called in to Duke Energy to investigate and was told Duke had not been charging me monthly because of the erroneous $11,000 charge and that when Duke corrected the $11,000 error, it triggered the system to charge me in one lump sum for the entire 6 months I had been living in my home.
I did everything I was supposed to do as a customer. I signed up for autopay where I agreed to be charged on a monthly basis. I called in multiple times when I noticed Duke was not fulfilling its agreement and taking the bill out of my account monthly. Duke charged me $11,000 in error which had prevented its system from taking my bill out monthly. Duke has now, without my permission, charged me in one lump sum for a 6 month period, although I had only agreed to pay monthly.
It is Duke’s fault that I was not charged monthly. It is Duke’s fault I got an erroneous $11,000 charge. And it is Duke’s fault that I was then unabatedly charged a lump sum $864 for a 6-month period instead of the financially manageable monthly payments I signed up for. This is unethical and 6-month payments is not what I agreed to with Duke.
I have since received over $100 in overdraft fees from my bank and am placed in a status of financial hardship. I require a resolution from Duke in the form of a refund and payment plan or a discount.
I do not understand how a company could care so little about their customers, their well-being, and so little so that they would cause them financial hardship even though the customer did what they were supposed to and the fault lies with the company. Most hurtful thing is the company customer service rep said to me "you would have owed the money anyways."
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Tim D.
I have been a Duke customer for 14…
I have been a Duke customer for 14 years now - SO they have gotten more than $50,000 from me. I added solar to my home and now they implement a $30 minimum bill saying, "this is to make it fair for all customers" What a crock. This minimum bill was created to directly discourage Solar installations... in "the sunshine state"! And don't be fooled by their "CLEAN ENERGY CONNECTION" program aka CEC. These solar farms they boast are not built on wastelands, they are built in places where there is ecosystems. They are now shading an area that hasn't been shaded and creating a "carbon footprint." Your home has ALREADY made its carbon footprint. What better place to put solar than on your home which already exists. The only time the CE makes sense, is for a home/condo owner who realistically cant benefit from putting solar on their home. Duke implements a "minimum fee" as a cost for being on the grid, and their profits soar to a net worth of over $14 billion!!
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RL R.
Duke Energy employee fraud
Duke Energy employees refused to assist or remove charges on a total of 6 accounts they opened in error in my name. After calling to complain supervisor refused to close the accounts Cheryl until I begged her others stated that 1 call in nov 3rd requested meter installs and new service at 6 separate addresses they set up 6 accounts under my name and social at a unoccupied new construction apt complex.
Per the RFL lead sone specially gave my info. The entire situation of commercial units accounts being set up in an individual name makes no sense they insisted that i file a plice report I did, report to FTC I did they will not remove the balance and want me to pay 600. They never even pulled credit to open the Account will not close so I must report the fraudulent activity duke incident # 1009393412. Mooresville police report 2022007451. FTC 154775011
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TERESA B.
I'll tell you what went wrong first of…
I'll tell you what went wrong first of all dealing with Duke energy. They sent an app out a couple of years ago to all their customers to download so that they can monitor their usage and their bills so that they didn't get it surprised by high power bills after having a high amount show up on the app on my phone and contacting Duke Energy being hung up on being told Lies by the different clerks didn't answer the phone that don't really know their job and trying to lie to you about stuff they don't really don't understand I then find out that the information on the app is completely incorrect it's never going to be totally accurate from the get-go and they do not correct it when it says only app that they finally do correct the information they don't so there's really truly no way to monitor your usage with Duke Energy it's all a fake app I despise it it's not truly put out any true information and you can't get any information out of the customers or customer service when you call they are of no help to you whatsoever all they do is talk over you instead of listening to you and God give you two ears in one mouth so you learn to listen more than you talk they never learn that on top of that most of them don't even speak English so you can understand what they're saying to begin with I don't know how it is I get sent to another country to find out about a local Bill all the time and the people do not even understand how to speak English well enough to have a conversation with you yet they're representing our American companies Duke Energy I will never use again if I possibly can use anyone else
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Rob B.
Duke is not a good fit for Florida
I have submitted light tickets that go unrepaired, I have filled out the survey's they send out, always with feedback that their trimming and storm prep is lacking, the quality of their installs looks like a 3rd world country, no asthetic thought process involved, and extremely rude and unresponsive customer support.