They keep calling and calling, unsolicited. Day in and day out. When I pick up no one is on the other end. I don't need any service from them. It's rather annoying and unsettling that they call like this or even have my number in the first place. read more

This company continues to harass me with phone calls day after day several times a day. I can't believe they don't have anything better to do with their spare time. I am not going to switch to an ESCO. Please take me off of your freaking call list. read more

Terrible! Went from having a $50 -$60 bill usually they promised me I'd save money and now I'm paying $200 a month and they won't do anything about it. Scam artists read more

OBNOXIOUS PUSHY DOOR TO DOOR ENERGY SALES! We are in Bristol, PA and a few minutes ago someone starts ringing our doorbell over and over for 30 sec straight. When I get to the door I'm immediately getting the "hi are you in charge of making decisions about electric etc for the household". I reply "I'm not interested" and start back inside and this lady has the audacity to think that she's ENTITLED to my time and informs me that I NEED to listen to her. Guess again! I finally have to tell her - cause she is NOT listening "This is my house. You are now trespassing and if you do not leave I will call the police". And she's like "you can do what you like I don't care blah blah". I finally actually have to tell her off and just slam the door. Congrats your people are SO Obnoxious that I will now post this review EVERYWHERE I can and hopefully hurt your bottom line. read more

ATTENTION VIRGINIA FOLKS!! A few days ago, my family and I were gathering together due to an event that happen in our family when one representative walk to my apartment in Virginia stating that they were a supplier of Washington Gas (my current supplier), promising that they work with them and they were trying to lower our bill due to an agreement with Washington gas. He tried to walk into my apartment and I asked him to stay at the door. This person asked us to see the back page of our bill. I worked in sales way too long already and I can recognize an scam right away. I asked him if he can email me the information and he said he couldn't. I told him I would call Washington gas later so they can give me more information then and he got very insistent to call them right away. Here is when I got upset and I kick him out of my door. This person never asked if it was a good time for us to receive him, but wanted to come in. He did not want to leave when I clearly told him I wasn't interested but wanted me to show him a bill, push me to call my current supplier and told us that we HAD to fill out some paper work. After he left, I made a research where I see this company full of complaints everywhere. They are the competition of Washington Gas and they don't have any partnership whatsoever! No need to steal other business' customers with lies. Your representatives should re-train and carefully hire smart people instead of ABUSIVE! read more

PALMco and two other 3rd party energy suppliers are now being sued by NJ for unscrupulous business practices or something like that. Below is a link I found that has a phone number to call at the end of the article if you were also duped by them. Just an FYI. http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2014/06/nj_third-party_energy_provider_charges_overcharging_consumers.html phone number NJ Consumer Affairs: (973) 504-6200 link to PDF form: http://www.nj.gov/oag/ca/complaint/tps.pdf read more

Despite the bad reviews I tried Palmco anyways, I had great review. I had agent, Come to me give me a fixed rate which I would never do variable as these other reviews had gotten.It actually did help my bill I was pure Comed. Customer. Here in Chicago Il. I had there promotion .067 for first month there after .097 which little high but, didn't make much difference in my bill as hardly use the electric anyways and everything In have is energy efficient and my place is rather small apt. All those review are before they had been regulated and sued from personally doing my own research and there verification process on the phone is very through they ask A LOT of questions to be sure you want the service. Also they throw in $25.00 dining Visa gift card at the 2nd month of service.Plus helping out student making a living.Over all I say get the service it's way worth it! read more

Dear All, Please listen to us that have been scammed by this company. The rate increases were climbing, but I was on AutoPay and did not pay too much attention. But no way can I miss this month's bill: $400.51 just for their charge alone: $0.16468339 per KWH. The going rate for this month is around $.08754. You do the math. Unsuspecting, trusting fools that we are, we let this happen. Well, I say no more! Don't let them scam anyone else! I feel like an idiot. I am going to spend an obscene amount of time to let the word out on this company and not let one more person get ripped off. And do you know what their motto or slogan on their website says? "We treat you like family." Lesson learned. Watch out for PALMco! Stay away from variable rates if you don't want to be price-gorged. There is no one stopping them. This deregulation is supposed to help the consumers from price energy monopoly, but where are the safeguards from opportunist sharks out there? Watch the waters, friends. There are sharks swimming and making a killing with their bait and switch. Good luck to all and go rage against this injustice. Best regards, Rose. Update: I called to cancel PALMco. They gave me a 10% kiss-off discount on my bill: around $40. LOL No Cancellation Fees, but that is how I fell for the scam in the first place. They get you until you wake up and smell the stench, but by then, you are out hundreds of dollars. Not only that, they make you feel like a powerless fool. What a racket! Basically, I am terrified what my next bill will look like, since I am stuck with them for the next cycle. We are going to have to live in the dark to minimize the damages... If you want to fight the good fight with me, here is what you can do: 1. Talk to your utility provider and complain that they should give you the heads up on variable rates. They have no caps, and there is no oversight and regulation. 2. File a complaint with your Attorney Generals Office. This is happening across many states. But for PA: http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/ 3. Write to your representatives. We vote for them, so at least we have some power there... 4. Let everyone you come in contact know. Give a heads-up to friends and family. Tell your colleagues. This is a fairly recent phenomena with the stock market-like variable rates according to what the representative Andrew from PALMco was telling me. He didn't know what my rate will be for my final bill, because the rate changes everyday! Everyday... 5. If you can afford it, get solar panels. :) You can only hope and dream, right? 6. I don't know. This is where you come in. Tell me. Please. I was able to track someone from LinkedIn associated with PALMco/Columbia Utilities. http://www.linkedin.com/pub/james-david/47/801/a01 It seems they run their business like a "..." You tell me. Please. read more

Worst company ever. Promised me to lower my electric and gas bill. However, my bill went up from $40 to $160 in less than three months. I complained and contacted public affairs. After that I cancelled their services and my bill went down again. Magic right. I don't know how they get away with stealing. They know it, the state knows it and now I know they an horrible company. read more

0 starts if I could. Rep came into my office asking about how much we pay per kw (no idea). Told him my manager would be back next week. He said okay I can work up a quote for him just give me a copy of your current Coned bill. I did (stupid me) and then 2 weeks later we received a letter stating thank you for switching to Palmco Energy. WTF? Noooo we never switched. Then when we called them they said "Cindy" in my office authorized it -- there is no Cindy in our office. SCAM ARTISTS!! read more

So some guy from this company came last week to try to scam us into switching our supplier and my mom said to come back in a couple days when someone else is home, she's old she doesn't understand this type of stuff, and someone from the company just knocked on my door and tried asking to talk to my mom and I told them she wasn't home and he said he would come back later to talk to her and I told him not to come back here ever again we don't want your service and he kept saying he would be back. I told him he better not come back here they are a scam and we don't need them and he finally said well have fun paying 8 cents more for electricity he doesn't care . So I said fine and to go f*ck himself. Don't come to my f*cking house and demand to talk to my mother and try to scam her into this bullsh*t. So rude read more

An obvious scam. Two young women came to my door while I was cooking dinner and told me they worked for my gas/electric company (which was the first red flag since those are two separate companies). After awkward small talk they tried to explain to me why they were here, that we are being charged out of state prices for our gas and electricity and they want to fix it, basically just nonsensical ramblings, probably hoping I would be confused and just give in. Then she told me she needed to see an old copy of a bill to confirm something. None of my bills are in my name so I got my roommate to help. My roommate came down and after some more awkward small talk (during which time one actually asked him, "so are you like, Chinese or something?" - he's Korean) they asked him for an old bill. Thankfully we pay everything online so he pulled it up on his phone (she couldn't see the actual bill). He gave his name and instead of writing it on the sheet she started writing in the margins of her paper (red flag #2). When she asked for the account number we asked her to clarify why she needed this information. She rambled again about how they needed to call in and make sure we were eligible. So we asked if we could just call ourselves and they said that no, they had to be the ones to do it, but gave no clear reason why (red flag 3). Well after that we mentioned we were hesitant to give personal account information to two people who knocked on our door, that we didn't know and weren't expecting. That's when they got mad (red flag 4). One of the woman was very defensive saying things like, "I know what I'm doing, I've had this job for years!" and "I just don't understand what the issue is!" The other woman said, "we call right here to verify so they know we aren't committing fraud." Not only does that not make any sense, my roommate and I never accused them of fraud, she brought that up herself (red flag 5). Well after that we flat out told them we are fine paying the current rate and to please leave our house. When they left, we Googled PALMco and found nothing but horror stories about being scammed. We went to our condo complex Facebook group for alert the others, but we were about an hour late: everyone else was already posting about how the scam artists had tried to rope them in too. Thankfully no one bought it. So basically, if any of the scammers from PALMco come to your door, just save yourself the time and say no thank you and close it in their face. read more

WATCH OUT! SCAM ARTISTS? UNETHICAL POWER SUPPLIERS! YIKES! BEWARE! My bill slowly crept up in a few months and when I realized, they were charging me 59% over the utility company, Met-Ed in PA. (.0126/KW vs .079/KW) Translation: Palmco bill: $ 787.05 Met-Ed: $ 495.00 Overpaid: $ 292.05 So much for deregulation of utilities. read more

Palmco you alllllmost got a pimp. Just had a rep from palmco come to my door, and asked if i had updated on our bill with bg&e. He claimed that he worked with bg&e and that by signing the paperwork our rates would go down. Also he said that we wouldn't be transferring over to palmco, but just paying less with our current company. Even though everything on the agreement suggested the opposite (and had palmco at the top). The whole encounter just felt off, and real shady. We ended up telling him we'd read it over, and went straight online where we have read horror story after horror story. DO NOT ENTERTAIN THESE CLOWNS. #ScamCity read more

Do not switch to Palmco they will double your rate. Over a 3 month period in 2012 the price doubled. They get you with a low intro rate then jack it up and hope you don't notice. read more

First, they promised a lower rate than my electric and gas company offered, but actually doubled my bills. Second, when I called to cancel they hung up on me, so I called back. They said they canceled their services and it would take 1-2 cycles to drop off. That was 6 months ago. I called back after the second billing cycle and they lied to me saying my supplier wouldn't let them remove their services, so they were putting in the cancel request again. That was 4 months ago. I called again 2 months ago and they said they would be off my bill after last months bill, and they did credit me a bit for the delay. But here we are with them still appearing on my bill another month. They will lie to you and say they have canceled their services, but won't. They will lie and say they were denied to cancel. They weren't. They will double your bills each month. Beware this place is a scam. read more

Beware. Scam! At 9pm I had two representatives of palmco visit me. First off, to get into our condo area you need to get buzzed in. When I asked who it was I swear I heard "your neighbor need a buzz". This happens many times so without thinking I buzzed them in. FUture...now I will never open the doors again. They told me they work with comed and nicor gas company and they wanted to make sure my rate was staying locked and not being raised. Throwing terms here and there trying to sound legit. I then asked why didnt they contact me at least telling me there will be visitors. They did not have any official uniform nor had a business card when I asked for one before moving forward. Long story short, the guy left his work binder on our staircase on accident and I looked through it. Not comed or nicor, it says palmco on the papers. You work with comed and nicor gas company? Right. Shame on you Palmco in the way you do your "business"and bother people in the late late evenings. Shame.on.you. read more

This SCAM company is all FINE PRINT and SUBTERFUGE. Consumers take the BAIT by letting in their friendly sales people who charm their way through your door and give you a song and dance about how they are going to save you money over the gas or electric company. They might do that for a short while but eventually they end up charging you MORE than the utility company does. It's very hard to cancel with them because they say they will but they don't or they tell you they will AFTER 2 MORE billing cycles. Another thing they do is tell you that you will be 'saving' 100's of $$ by signing on with them. But those 'savings' are in the form of BOGUS restaurant DOT com coupons. The problems with those are that if you get a $25 gift certificate, you need to spend $50 to redeem it. But that is just the TIP of the iceberg. Many of the restaurants listed DON'T actually use this service and there are innumerable complaints about it being BOGUS. Also, the APP one must download is some kind of spyware. I wanted to give one to my lawyer as a gift and he told me he would not download that APP because it had capacity to track, steal info and spam. They run more interference as to CONFUSE customers where on your bill that shows you your supplier, it does not say; 'PALMCO'. It says; 'INDRA' Indra is actually a trade name of Palmco. Basically, the operate on the principle of CONFUSING the consumer with misleading sales pitches, different names for the same company, a bunch of different phone numbers where you can never be too sure whether or not they cancelled your service when calling them to do so and legally absolving themselves for such via the fine print in the contract. The best way to get rid of them is to call the utility company and request to RETURN SERVICE to the utility company. I learned the hard way by first trying to call this scam company to cancel. So first thing to do is to call utility company, tell them you want to RETURN SERVICE to them and THEN call Palmco and/or Indra or what ever different names they use to inform them you have returned service. ALSO, don't ever let one of them see your electric (or gas) bill because it's possible for them to change you over to their service without your actually knowing about it. Such practices have been reported in the media. read more

They just came to my door. I would give zero stars if I would. The guy was saying I needed to update something. Kept going on that I was on open market and I need to sign up with them to get the lowest price. Kept wanting me to verify. I told him no I want to talk to peco and to come back tomorrow. I checked reviews and see they are nothing but scammers and crooks. Have lawsuits from NJ read more

Stay away!!! I switched to Palmco to save my 82 year old grandmother, who is on a fixed income, some money. She can't afford to heat her home at the moment. Variable rates are fair, I get it but, these guys do whatever they please. They claim "it depends on what rate we buy our energy" Well then how do you explain your introductory rates to new customers? it's a trick to rope you in. Meanwhile the loyal customers that pay their bills on time are the ones getting screwed. Her rate was more than 3x higher than the introductory rate!!! Unethical. "So why don't you switch her?" I did but for some reason the switch isn't instant. I don't know if it's PA or all over but there's a 30 day period before the actual switch becomes effective. One more month of these parasites latched onto my Granny. I hope that one day there's some sort of class action. She'd sure as heck join. (btw in fairness: they were so gracious they "reviewed" her account and gave her a $50+/- credit after I called two times to complain. A drop [of saliva] in the bucket.) read more

Hi, My name is Harry A. and I was switched without my knowledge or consent, my average bill was under $200 all year long with PSEG, and now $600 for january and 653 for febuary. they over charged me more than triple than pseg or any other fair market price. they wont provide me the contract they claim I signed and to cancel their service it takes two billing cycles which means I am getting screwed for the next two months and nothing can be done about it. They are SCAMERS, THIEFS!! Do not switch to Palmco or Columbia utility, and if they ever call you just hang up. I already filed a complaint at the board of utilities and will sue them even if it is going to cost me more . read more

Everybody STAY AWAY from these SCAMSTERS. They are a fly by night Operator. I signed up with them and made a huge MISTAKE. My Bill in Dec 2013, Jan and Feb 2014 was double of what i used to Pay. My highest ever bill paid was $240 in last 6 years with PSEG. They charged me $500 for these months. I have now switched back to PSEG read more

Horrible company they are scum of the earth. They did not post any rate informaition on our electric bill and at the end of the year told us we owed thousands of dollars to settle on the variable rate that had escalated so badly we had bills of 600 plus per month. They never let us know that the rates had risen or that our budget amount was no longer covering the new sky high rates. We had to get the PUC involved to get things settled. The PUC agreed that Palmco was not following the laws! We were ready to go to court and all the sudden they wanted to settle with us! So much time and energy wasted just to cancel extreme charges and unfair business practices!!! read more

Total ripoff. Charges outrageous rates after first 3 months. Bought out by Indra who charges even more. My winter bill for electric is higher than my previous summer bills. Get away from them as fast as you can. read more

Would have given them ZERO STAR if I could. Scam Artist!!!!!! Be Aware!!! They raised the rate from 0.09 to 0.19 in three month without notice. read more

Be aware!!!! "Please do NOT do any business with PALMCo energy supplier company." You most likely will lose hundreds of dollars to thousands of dollars by switching to "PALMCo" energy supplier before you realize what they do with your bills, they will charge you at least 2 to 3 times more than usual market rates, which other suppliers or JCP&L would charge you, after 3 initial months that they gain your trust without your knowledge or consent. This is their business model!!! Even one star is overestimation of their service. They should be barred from doing any business in the United States! Do NOT waist your time calling them!!! They have all the ridiculous excuses ready for you!!! I called them multiple times and spent a few valuble hours of my life discussing this with them, after all of this, eventually they offered me to refund me back approximately 1/3 of what they have over charged me!!! Really?!!! The Attorney General already filed a class action lawsuit against them. If you are affected you can join the lawsuit by contacting PBU or The Attorney General Office with the following contact information: New Jersey Office of The Attorney General division of consumer affairs P.O. Box 45025 newark, new jersey 07101 (973) 504-6200 (800)-242-5846 e-mail: askconsumeraffairs@lps.state.nj.us read more

A few months ago a Palmco rep came to my door and he asked me if I had updated my bill and thoroughly explained that by updating and just signing a few paperwork I can decrease my energy bill every month. He was so polite and it was the best decision I have made because now my bill has been cut in half every month. Thanks Palmco! I have been recommending this to all my friends aswell!! read more

4 times today Alice from Palmco has called me to let me know that Palmco has received notification that my electric supplier has changed and then asked me who my energy supplier is. 4 times Alice has been told to not call me. Palmco is a variable electric and gas supplier that offers a very low introductory rate and than raises it well above their competitors rates. They are a scam! Enjoy the complaint filed with the PA attorney general. read more

DO NOT USE PALMCO. Same review as Lisa W.'s. They overcharged me hundreds of dollars over the course of 18 months. When I finally caught on, they gave me some of it back and I switched to PSE&G. I never got around to it, but they should be investigated by the Board of Public Utilities in New Jersey. read more

Is there any way to give them zero stars? Palmco your people are a bunch of Crooks, liars and thieves, you should all be in jail. We were solicited by 2 young teenagers on a Saturday afternoon, trying to switch us over. We explained to them that we were not interested and that we were happy with our energy provider. They were like let us see your bill and you can see how much lower we are. Like 2 fools my wife and I complied. Unbeknown to us the one kid was writing our account number down. After their sale pitch we told them we're still not interested. The kid who was in the background said. " if I would be possible if we can sign a paper the we REFUSE the service and this way the can get paid". My wife being a teacher and kind hearted felt bad and ok to that. We were slammed, That's when it all started. In 2013 our PSE&G Bill was $3324.80 for the year. 2015 its $7976.62 overcharged by $4651.82 I called them up told them that I going to file a complaint about them. They call me back and offer me a $280 credit. I told them to stick it. So for everyone out there. New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs. 1-973-504-6200 ALSO Board of Public Utilities. File with them to. If any doubt please feel free to see this link. 7online.com/archive/9469187/. And here anther classic cowards run away. https://youtu.be/bQNwDxCZomw. read more

Almost was sucked into joining by a door to door salesperson. Reading the reviews, I am relieved I didn't. Thanks all who wrote. I just want people to know they are currently active in the DC area. read more

0 stars. They are scamming in Massachusetts as well and hit my street tonight. They came to my door and said they worked for NSTAR and asked to see my bill. Spoke with NSTAR who said that Palmco absolutely does not work for NSTAR and is a competitor. read more

My elderly father was overcharged for almost a year. Nearly $1000. Apparently, he was signed up for gas at a rate of 0.53/therm, and gradually went up every bill, eventually went up to 1.79/therm, that is more than triple, when PSEG rate is 0.45. He wasn't even aware of the rate changed until he showed me the bills. Then switching back to PSEG took nearly 3 months, why? I don't know. When I called and asked why it's so high, no explanation. "We treat you like family" is the slogan, not sure how that applies to how they ripped off my dad for nearly $1000. Would you really treat your family this way? read more

Scam artist at its finest. One of their sales reps said he was working with PSE&G and tried to get me to sign up for their energy supply. Look them up on YouTube and Google. They scam people out of their money. It's crazy how a place like this can stay open to operate. read more

I am a customer of PALMco and have been robbed blind by them. In my latest bill they billed me five times the price I would have paid through PSE&G for Gas and three times the price I would have paid for Electric. Consequently, I ended up paying about $840 extra this month and looking back I see that they have over charged me by $250 for the past two months too. The first month I saved some money and then they started increasing prices. I called them and they told me that the rates are variable and this is what they are charging me. I am now exploring my options to cancel the service as well as get the money back. read more

too bad I can't give 0 stars. my bill before Palmco: $0.069 per KWH with CL&P my bill after Palmco: $0.11 to $0.29 per KWH within 3 months. aka my bill quadrupled in 3 months. how is this legal...? read more

I hardly ever write reviews. You have to be either really superb or really awful to motivate me to review. PALMco is so horrific, I had to speak up. I won't rehash, but everything everyone says here is 100% true. Words like scam artists, ripoff, liars... those words don't quite do PALMco justice. Stay away at all costs. Tomorrow AM I am reporting them to the BBB and the NJ Board of Public Utilities. read more

By far, the worst of the scums. Do yourself and your budget a favor and don't fall for the bait and switch low rate for the first month or two. What started off as a low rate in the beginning multiplied by 5 times in 4 months, the largest of the increase being a jump from.15/kw to .25/kw just within one month (Jan-Feb), while PECO's rate has been sitting at .08/kw. None of the increases came with advanced notices of any kind, and our monthly electric bill went upward of $800. As many others have said, professional scammers. read more

A review from someone who works in the energy trading industry: PALMco will send representatives door-to-door and via other marketing tactics to get you to sign up for their power and gas agreements. They will promise to save you money over PSE&G or your current utility provider: do NOT fall for that. PALMco essentially buys power/gas on the open market based on current power and gas rates. This can translate into modest savings during the modest temperature months of year, since Utility companies tend to offer flatter and less variable rates (less volatile prices). HOWEVER, during times like this past January/February with the incredibly cold weather we have experienced, PALMco charged my family (who should have spoken to me first) 500% more than an average Utility rate. Why?....because its a variable price system. Meaning that when power prices spike due to an increase in demand, they simply pass that cost onto the consumer. And what about when power prices are low in the Spring?....well, they pass on a portion of that savings onto you, but they still keep significant margins, significantly more than a Utility. I can say that the power/gas charges from PALMco in January/February cost more than double the 'savings' I received from them over the past year. For those who like numbers: Average utility rate in the NJ-area: $.08-$.10 kWh PALMco Charges for January: $.31/kWh It is not worth the risk using PALMco. Its like taking out an adjustable rate mortgage versus fixed....and we all now how that can end. You'll never know what your rate is, until its too late. read more

If I could give them zero stars I would! This is just a scam! The reps wouldn't leave and were so pushy that we ended up signing up and after that our electricity bill sky rocketed....we were paying double than what our bill should have been. When I called to cancel they said it would be process by the next billing cycle but it wasn't; I had to call three times to cancel! I called again today and finally got a date that the service will end but the customer service rep was rude over the phone. read more