Don't switch to Txu they're use the selling points of promising you a $250 rewards after you pay your first month bill. I've paid my first month bill and it's been three months and I still haven't received the card so do not switch from your original light company to go to Txu because they are selling 250..00 rewards card as a selling point however not providing the $250 card.... I just called again and now they say I have to wait an additional 3 to 4 weeks to receive the card... read more

Absolute worst energy company! They over bill - Than can't explain why it takes 24hrs to refund money! Then I have to turn around once repaid and pay again! Will be shopping for new energy provider! Worst company ever! Should've known better than to use them again! read more

Even without electricity for 4 days the entire time it was freezing this company is changing. This company is ripping people off. I work from 5p.m. to 8 a.m. and I sleep all day because I work two jobs. I'm the only one in my home and I continue to get outrageous bills. I don't cook at home, watch TV. Ect I just sleep at home temperature thermostat is at 70. read more

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1) Again, TXU demonstrated they're competent, well informed, and in the business of looking out for their customers' best interest--we've been with them since 2016. 2) We moved into our home, I put us on month-to-month, and I just forgot all about it as I got wrapped up in day-to-day responsibilities. 3) I reached out on the chat, got connected with Mary O. immediately..she figured out what I needed and passed me to plan specialist Allan C. I explained that I needed to evaluate a best option. He took a look at our consumption numbers and pointed me in the direction of a plan that will not only save us north of $800 per year, he also suggested the TXU Tech Protection Plan that appears to embrace those of us that work for a living.. 4) One last thing, I am all about checking the numbers and doing the math. I especially appreciate the transparency in all of the "metrics" offered by TXU. Respectfully, MG, Honorable Disabled Veteran of the USMC read more

Allan was helpful, quick, solid answers. Appeared to review what was best for ME, not "plan of the week".

WARNING DONT USE TXU ENERGY.. The people working there don't know what the charges are your bill. They told me the wrong thing after you call them 3 months in a row. Then when you cancel they try to changes you $200 for canceling. After I filed a dispute with my credit card about it. They sided with me, TXU did not like that my credit card company sided with me so they turned me as a charge off on my credit. read more

They sent someone to my house to ask if i wanted to switch to them as my electric provider...when i told them no they signed up my house anyways under a different name and I had to spend all day on the phone getting my service switched back to my actual provider. read more

Excellent service by a very helpful employee Crystobal. My situation was solved quickly and in a most efficient manner. Best plan offered at a reasonable price read more

This is the absolute worst experience with a power company I've ever had. to start with I had to pay 500$ just for a deposit to get service with them "totally over priced". so I paid half and was going to pay the other half when the bill was due "so I thought". my service started 5/9/25 and today 6/3/25 I got home from a long day of work and the power was cut off "haven't even had a full month sense the connect date and power was already cut off". to make things even worse I called and asked why my power was shut off without any notice, any phone call, or statement in the mail, and they said it was because the other half of the deposit. So I paid it and they said it would be cut on within two hours. 5 hours later still no power. I called again and asked what was going on and stated that I had a 8 month old baby in the house. they then said it won't be cut back on for 48 hours "keep in mind that I have a smart meter". they stated that they sent a letter in the mail on 5/12/25 about disconnecting the power which they didn't and I had just moved on on 5/9/25. so basically they are stating that three days after the connection date they where already sending notice to shut power off after 3 days!!!! Claiming they gave sufficient notice to turn off the power. I will take further action and report them to the public utility commission of Texas, and I will also contact my lawyer on this matter. I would highly recommend to any person to avoid this company and go somewhere else. This company is cut throat, dishonest, Unprofessional, And is not loyal to their customers needs. If I could, I would put negative stars on this review. read more

First complaint the customer service was rude. Second they forgot to mail my bill in time almost forgot to call in for extension. NEED CHANGE BADLY. read more

Made a mistake changing companies , they claim $200 within 5 weeks of bill-never happened , had to call so many times and finally got the $200 card. Also promised former provider cancellation fee (my case $240) so many phone calls , promises supervisor would call back- they didn't. When I did talk to a supervisor (prior to the last request ) she promised a phone call with info the next day at 10:00 am - never happened! Also bottom line is they offer a discount half the year but when doing the math we got a bit of a break over our last provider this summer but they will get that back and more between seasons.....what a frustrating rip off! read more

They got way worse after the pandemic and the Texas freeze. They used to be able to do extensions while you're on a payment plan but suddenly they can't. So many people need this due to them tripling their rates. They keep changing their terms. I hope Direct Energy chases them out of Texas. #ihatetxu read more

DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY FOR YOUR EMERGY COMPANY AT ALL... you will regret being in a contract with them. I had a medical emergency for a week and missed work (didn't get a paycheck) they are still going to disconnect my power with a breathing machine connected to the wall that's helping my wife breathe and a new born here. I have communicated with the company several times even made a payment that cleared my account.... They don't care..... DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY AND LET THE PERSON SIGNING YOU UP MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A SWEET DEAL. They can wipe their ass with that cash back card. FAIR WARNING TO THOSE NEW AND LOOKING FOR AN EMERGY COMPANY. Use DIRECT ENERGY before thinking about using TXU It's an upfront lie read more

Jacob was amazing, super easy process only took 1 hour to get it on! No language barrier and he accommodated to my needs, overall very happy with the service! read more

Buyer beware of the bait and switch regarding pricing. I signed up for one price and they are charging me $0.10 more per kw. When I called to discuss, there was a lot of gibberish being spouted at me regarding free nights. So, if you have free nights, they say you are getting a discount but are still charging more for regular usage. This doesn't make sense, and it seems the object of customer service is to confuse the consumer. While I thought I did my research, I must have missed the invisible fine print. Why is it so hard for business to do the right thing? read more

I DO NOT RECOMMEND, I CANT WAIT UNTIL MY CONTRACT IS UP.... TRASHY COMPANY 1000%. Our lights went off twice during the summer for 1 week each time. And during that time without lights, the bill sky rocket $100 plus they website never works nor the app... The lights are supposed to be free at night, that's a lie. RUN FAR AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY read more

worse company ever my husband live in 1 bedroom's apartment, he works at night he barely home due to work but he still gets charged 300$ lately he got charged up to 800$ for a light bill I live in Canada I never in my life seeing a light bill come up to 800$ for 1 bedroom apartment this is crazy!!!! my husband call so they can example why the light bill is so high and where all these fees coming from they couldnt give us a correct explanation......they are bunsh of scammers and criminals working in that company , they should get arrested and shutdown the company..... im guarantee no of those Txu employees are in that company electri.... if you don't want to have a high blood pressure do not take this company they are scammers and criminals someone needs to bring them to court. read more

I put my account on autopay to have my bills come out without stressing about due dates. The bill is always due on the 25th. Every month they draft it on the 24th and it goes through. This month they drafted the money from my bank on the 17th without notifying me until after the money Was gone. I had another bill ready to come out and it was also set to autopay. so of course they over drafted the account, and charged me a return fee. I now have to repay the other bill and I've lost money. No compensation on their behalf. They just say they can take the money 5 days early since I pre authorized it when I signed up for auto pay. wth is the point of the due date if they just take the money whenever they want?!? No other company auto drafts my account a week prior to when it's due. Also they recommended a service to me that would lower my bill. I started off paying a really cheap price and they just keep raising the bill every month. I unplug tvs, and lamps when I'm not using them and yet the bill goes higher. They randomly text me and tell me I used more energy than normal when I'm doing the same things I always do. I even keep my heat on 63-65 during these cold winter months to lower the bill and still the price goes up. I would never recommend this company to anyone. read more

TXU is by far the WORST company with the WORST customer service I've ever dealt with. My bill isn't even set for a specific day of the month. For a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom townhouse, I have not received a bill under $250 a MONTH, most have been over $300, in SIX months. I would not recommend TXU to anyone unless they want high bills and poor customer service. I was told that they take a specific payment method by multiple people, when trying to make that payment I was then told they didn't take the payment method they just told me that they take. Stay away from TXU. read more

There are 2-3 TDU charges per Kw, 2 of them are included in the rate they give you and 1 of them is not. This is why the bill is so hi... there is a base fee of 4.25 and then 3 TDU charges that are supposed to be included in the rate quoted. I changed to frontier and so far all the rates are bundled under the rate actually quoted. I ran the math on both and i am now paying less even through i was quoted the exact same rate on both. .121. I don't know why this is but I can't afford TXU. read more

This is the WORST energy company, we have gone without because of this company. Thankful we have found a new electric company and they will be saving us over 150$ a month. TXU is a scam and robs people of their money. read more

been with them for three years and somehow I use less electricity now and I'm paying more this is ridiculous I will be changing next time

I called to ask about their rates. That is all I wanted to know as I was comparing prices that a normal person would do before obligating themselves to a company. They were very aggressive for me to sign with them. I eventually hung up on the agent after deciding I could no longer disconnect politely. He called back three times and I hung up on him three times and told him to stop harassing me. Today, I received another phone call and I hung up again. I had to block them. Do they really think I have reconsidered and want to be obligated to them? Now I know to never dial their number again. Be careful. read more

No one can answer a simple question about a business account and I have called 6 times to be disconnected by the automated service and then am now on hold going on 45 min while someone "looks into it." ABSOLUTELY WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE EVER. read more

This company is full of Shit! My bill is always 180-$200 2 bedroom, no little kids, I've even unplugged everything that I'm not using including the washer and dryer, I don't watch much tv, I've unscrewed all the bulbs except for one in each room. DO NOT GET THIS SERVICE!!! read more

Worst electric provider in Texas! The customer service agents will lie to you even though you have proof contradicting what they are saying and their prices are rediculously high compared to other companies! I wish I would have researched other companies before renewing my contact with them! Luckily it's about to be over but if you are going to go with them, compare their prices well because they will make plans look great but if you really check the "benefits" they are gouging you in the end! read more

I was under the impression that my service was moved to my new address sorry free. I was never informed it was not moved, not so much as an email to let me know that my account was being closed. Upon many DAYS of dealing with customer service I was told I had to pay a 300 dollar deposit to restart my service. Even though I've been with TXU for over a year with not so much as a disconnect notice. Then they moved it down to 90 dollars to restart service after another day of back and forth, only I shouldn't have to pay anything because I shouldn't be restarting anything I should have had my service transferred at the very least notified that there was a problem with the relocation. But instead my account was closed with no notification. I now have to pay over 100 for less than a month to my apartment because I've been unknowingly on their bill. Thanks TXU. read more

This electric company is terrible I've had them for a few months not by choice and my bill has went from 250 to 750 it has increased every month since I had it I was in this house 2 years prior and my bill never reached over 250 and as soon as my rental company changed over its increased with nothing in my house had changed F*CK THIS COMPANY read more

Don't do it. Do. Not. Do. It. Goodness gracious, my bill is $300 in a 956 sq ft apartment. No ma'am. My bills have always been high and I have to pay $150 to cancel. I'm about to start a gofundme so I can pay this $300 bill and $150 to cancel. you're welcome, A stressed TXU customer read more

Worst Customer Service....They did not notify me about a bill that did not go through, No EMails or phone call.....and after couple of months they gave to Credit beaurau that caused 85 points drop in my credit score...... read more

I would look to any other energy provider before you do business with TXU Energy. I rarely leave reviews but their shady business practices leave me no other choice and I have already filed a complaint with the BBB as well. I purchased a new vacant duplex back in march and started service on both sides with TXU Energy. When my first tenant moved in to one of the vacant sides, they used a different energy provider but my account for that side was automatically closed and I only had one account remaining for the correct address on the vacant side. My next bill arrived and it was 5x higher than my previous month ($240 for a vacant unit) which made no sense as I have the thermostat off and only appliances plugged in. I called TXU energy to inform them and after many back and forth phone calls and long conversations with many unhelpful reps they submitted a ticket and told me it could take up to 21 days for them to get back to me. I told them I did not want to continue to pay if it was charging me high energy usage and they said not to close my account and they would take care of it. This advise cost me an additional $100 in energy usage and after a week or so of no response I called to close my account to prevent further charges. I finally got a call 3 weeks later from their resolutions team saying they investigated my claim and the charges were correct. That's it! No explanation and nothing further I could do. He even made a point to try to blame my tenant for them not using TXU as their energy provider. Then most deceiving of all, the original bill with the charges had the correct vacant unit address on it, but when I went to look at the final bill with the $240 + the $100 in additional charges that accrued during the investigation, TXU had switched the address to the unit that was occupied! Same account number and everything to make it look like I was paying for an occupied unit. I would advise anyone reading this to not do business with this company. read more

TXU is somehow still in business after scamming what appears to be soooooo many people. I bought a business and the prior owner was paying less than $100/mo through Reliant. For whatever reason I went with TXU, but they don't tell you about the base charges and delivery charges that are astronomical and variable. And somehow the kW/h's used just keep going up and up and up even though I am at the business only 1 day a month as now I'm running it remotely. The old owner was there nearly every day. Customer service is mostly run out of China or India it sounds and not helpful at all. STAY AWAY read more

They provide generally good services. Their customer service sucks at times though. In terms of affordability, I'll give them a 5 star rating. read more

Update! A week later and I called TXU for the credit to my account they called me back and promised me by calling them after received my final bill because "it was the right thing to do". They denied my credit because I cancelled service.... No kidding, the credit was for an account they kept billing me for after cancellation but they neglected to cancel it. TXU talks in circles and does not listen nor lay everything out on the table. They want me to reconnect service at an address I am not at anymore to get a $46 credit for a 2 week period after I cancelled service. SCAMMERS....... read more

I DO NOT LIVE IN TEXAS NEVER HAVE I EVER BEEN THERE . I keep getting calls for months and I finally called back and they said it's in Texas I live in Knoxville this is fraudulent how y'all getting people information? STOP CALLING ME I get calls every single day and i don't even know what this company is . I am completely outraged I block so many calls a day from these automated machines and they talk so fast it makes it seem like a scam ? STOP CALLING ME PLEASE read more

0 Score The WORST company EVER!! They are a MONEY HUNGRY lame company. They will put a hold on your account to switch if you are even 100$ past due. TXU ENGERY is only after your money with high as Market rate bills. Bill keeps going up each month $190 and I live in a 3 bedroom apartment. BE WARE- if you were even $100 past due on your balance, they will put a switch hold on your account to where you cannot go with any other company. I spoke to the manager who told me that I can pay a certain amount and take the hold off and then was told five minutes later that they never said that and they couldn't do that so they're definitely after your money. read more

Only one star cause I have to leave in order to review. They deserve no stars!! Horrible company! I've been told twice by two different "managers" that they will set up a payment plan for my extremely high bill this month. Two payments made this month already $250.00, and they still want another payment to set up plan. Three payments in one month is what they want, even though a previous employee "set up payment plan" for me already. I've never been late on a payment, this is how they treat their customers. Horrible! read more

TXU energy is cheating and stealing money from customers when you open a new account with them. I was an old customer of TXU energy. One month ago, I open a new electric account with them. I was asked to be charged more than $200 for a house without HUVAC running and other electricity utilies. When I called this company to pay my bill online, I checked my bank and found I actually paid more than $283! I actually paid more than the bill !!! If you newly open an account with TXU, please open your eyes. Otherwise, txu empolyee will steal you money from your pocket. read more

Someone used my information to obtain service in Texas, I live in Atlanta, GA and have never lived in Texas. I was told all the person did was go online and apply for service and the individual was never asked to provide an ID or fill out a credit application to obtain service. When I asked what evidence they have that I'm the one who opened up this account, (photo ID, social security card, signature) I was told all the person had to have was my Name and social security number. Now they want me to prove to them that I'm not this person, I was told that I could send them a copy of my W2 form and or a copy of my mortgage or any bill that show that i live in Georgia from the time this person used my information. I was never told that i can send a copy of my Georgia Driver license. This is TOTALLY UNACCECPTABLE... read more

I just got you guys and reading your reviews. I'm absolutely terrified. I can't even spend money on groceries let alone a $400 bill for my 900 sq ft apt read more