“Terrible company, asked them for a refund of credit in my account (£724.98) checked a few days later and they have reversed my credit so it’s no longer in my account! Can’t speak to and English person on the phone and can’t even speak to a manager. Avoid this company at all costs theyre an absolute joke that take advantage of you!!!”
“Just been ripped off buy this early leaving bill 155.pounds I dont recommend this company at all rip then they tried to charge me 101 a month kept pestering me about a smart meter”
“I completely agree with the reviews. I closed my account with them in october 2023 and then even refunded me 500£. Now since March 2024, i hqve been receiving emails saying i owe them money. And calls even. When i ask them to stip harassing me, the bloke actually says calling you once a month is not harassment! Sure but sending communications saying that i owe them money based on no actual readings and demanding money is harassment!
So energy and many other energy companies are extorting money from their customers and have no accountability whatsoever! Absolutely ridiculous!”
“TERRIBLE COMPANY, STAY AWAY, AVOID AVOID AVOID! These guys are beyond incompetent. They cannot deal with issues or complaints - mine has been ongoing for 4 months now and barely anyone gets in touch with you. You get tossed between so many customer services people who do not know nor have the authority to do any real change and so the issue keeps going on. They tell you different and often wrong information, inform you of mistakes previous people made in your case and then take NO accountability for it. STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY. They just take your money and don't do anything when you have a legitimate issue. AWFUL PEOPLE.”
“AVOID AVOID .. SO Energy charged me exit fees after 16 days according to them while I counted them 14 ... Although no communication was established and their only email was found in the junk folder, they still charged me £150 for exiting contract after 2 days of being in the contract .. no consideration whatsoever.. Although I made the switch through a third party (Money Supermarket) and I explained why I though the contract date was not clear, but Lochan from customer service and his justification was we bought the energy already for you!!!!!! big fat lie.. Avoid Them”
“Initial service when joingin SO Energy was ecellent,
However, customer service is none existent - either via phone, email contact or complaint contact - either no response, maybe an acknowledgement or response which does not answer queries based on actual evidence provided or resolve an issue.
They have now advised me for a year that my smart meters are not sending meter readings every month when I receive my statement. Only they can remedy this but they have advised that they wll do remotely or in person to no avail, then told me I need new SMET 2 meters and that would be early 2024.
I then applied online for these and they are now saying meters are working fine and it is because I provide customer readings that I have no smart meter readings on my statements even though I provided evidence from previous statements which include both smart meter reading and customer reading.
They have been unable to explain why I receive monthly reminders from them that the meters are not sending readings.
An adviser actually told me that if they cannot resolve an issue / complaint they simply close it down.
They now want to charge for an in house visit to prove my meters are working and for an IHR replacement when I never had one in the first place.”
“Absolutely useless. I moved to a new property that was with so energy, they have been incredibly unhelpful. I can't get answers to basic questions. They do not call you back when they say they will and even cut you off when you do get to speak to someone. Very poor communication and customer service.”
“I was advised via email that I would receive my due refund from this company by 5pm on Friday 22 March, but it has never been sent to me.
I phoned So Energy this morning at 9 am and after waiting some time to get through was advised by a man from the company that the refund was for an unexplained reason still pending, and that no more information was available. He wouldn't put my call through to the refunds team saying that they work 'in the background' and are not available for comment.
In summation then, no overdue refund has been received and no time frame given to me as regards when I can expect my dues from them. Be warned !”
“I was with this company about two years ago. I found to be a good company then. Unfortunately, I made a great mistake by aplying to join then again at the end of January.
Despite giving them my new email address, they confused it with my old one. As a result I got an email which insinuated that I owed them for the time I was with another company! They kept calling me "Edard" instead of Edward. I corrected then on this but their incorrection was there even in the final bill. I sent them four emails on three different days, but the latter were never answered. Lately, I found some of their current emails at my old email address which i hardly ever open.
To cap it all they charged me what they called an Electricity "EARLY" Termination Charge.
I left this company because of their inefficiency. I would give them 1 point of of 10 for being able to exist”
“Do not use! There is a reason why they are rated one of the worst energy companies… unfortunately I found out too late! Customer service is appalling. Constant lies… If you do join and contact them, keep emails and screenshots of webChats as they refused to pass them back to me as I threaten to take this to the Energy ombudsman… Also check other review sites as I’m not convinced these reviews are not fake!”
“WARNING, This is company is "SO dodgy" I've been attempting to retrieve the £750 they owe my elderly neighbour back for nearly a year. Meanwhile they keep taking money from her account. Advisors are always friendly "when they don't hang up straight away" however nobody knows any answers... the hoops she has had to jump through are completely outrageous. DO NOT sign up with them if you value your time or money. They couldnt even spell ethical never mind practice it.”
“Had smart meters 6 months ago and they keep taking my Direct debits but produce no bills so how can I budget for energy? Now have over£1200 credit. Repeated emails and complaints have done nothing except a couple of sorry replies. So Energy is So USELESS”
“wish I hadn't moved to this bodgit leggit company
AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID
stop sending generic useless pointless emails responses and actually fix the problem
Been with them for the last 3 months and still to date I've not yet received any statements / cost of electricity I've used, despite contacting them about 6 to 9 times, even complaining to them, their customer care is useless avoid, all they do is send out generic emails.
I’ve just looked at So Energy Estimated Annual Consumption estimate and there are 2 meters, both with the same MPAN Number both with 5,653 KWh with a total of 11,306 KWh, this has been ongoing since my switch over in July 23
I live in a 1 bedroomed flat with 2 people, and only have 1 electric smart meter
Also to date since my switch over date to using yourselves since July 23, you have not sent me a bill / statement cost of my electricity usage, which I find alarming in today’s current climate.
Can someone sort this out or do I have to contact Ofgem and seek advice
I cant even submit a manual meter reading, avoid this company
Can someone / anyone please adjust to reflect this?”
“the so energy algorithm and estimates running on fairy dust:
I had 3 digit on my credit balance
than I have done meter reading
my account was revised,
and left with 2 digit balance based the estimate
Riddle me this
Retrospectively, my balance was adjusted
so I got back 25 back for a month March
and then even though I consumed less than previous estimates based on the meter reading results, I got retrospectively extra charged, and when I have asked they couldn't confirm what is that calculation is based on nor provide any evidence to it”
“My main meter you cant get a electric meter read has second half of meter has no reading complained to so energy for months there just ignore your complaint its a terrible company to be with”
“In March I found I was £20 in debit so paid it. I was paying extra £17 this Spring/Summer than did last couple of years but discovered within 3.5 months I was £150 in debit, am usually well in credit due to heating not being on. Agreed to pay an extra £28 per month, checking out my online banking last week I discovered 17 days after taking last direct debit they have taken extra £47 off me. Contacted them 8 days ago but had no response. Ignorant as well as being robdogs, worst I have been with.”
