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Submitted on 12/14/2016 by

Comments: Good company overall, though with minimum usage fees and some strange billing numbers, the bills are higher than advertised (4.1/kWh turns into about 12.2kWh if you don't meet the minimum usage requirements). However, despite this, they are consistent and I haven't really had any issues. The website isn't the easiest to use, but it works once you get the hang of it. Solidly average.

Plan Name: Plan not specified

Submitted on 10/24/2016 by

Comments: Great pricing and easy setup

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Submitted on 09/27/2016 by


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Submitted on 08/05/2016 by

Comments: SWPL is literally the Spirit airlines of electric companies- I think they get the majority of their fees with a month or two of insanely high service, combined with the fees when the poor suckers cancel service. If you are able to have a good plan with them, I'm sure they are fine. I was moving into a new apartment after living in an "all bills paid" situation for the past 5 years. I did not realize just how mind-boggling complicated setting up your electricity plan could be. I know better now; but, I stupidly managed to sign up for the most expensive plan possible, it seems. Multiple calls to them finally let me see just how badly I had messed us up. My 650 sq ft apartment that I keep at 74 degrees had a first month bill of $148 for 780 KW(Granted, this did include an activation fee of $54 from TNMP- but that is a whole nother story). The second month of 1150 KW is $119. I have called three other companies in Dallas (Reliant, TXU and Veterans energy); without even trying hard, I was able to get quotes of $45, $56, and $63 for the same 780 kw useage. I made the move to Reliant today. I called back Southwest and told them point blank I needed to know how to cancel service with them; there was no asking why, no retention offers, no customer service of any kind other than to remind me of the $175 cancellation fee that would occur. I will happily, HAPPILY pay it. Not only will I make it up in a couple of months, I will do anything to never have to communicate with this company again. I worked in call centers for 5 years and know there is almost always something that can be done to hold onto customers. How a company can manage to charge this high, in this competitive a market, and not do anything other than mail bills and say "Pay us, please." is mind-boggling to me. The one star is because I have to leave 1, but also for their customer service professionalism. It seems to be a very small company; in my half dozen calls or so, I got the same person two different times. They were always polite and courteous; it's too bad this company is utter ****. I will do everything I can to recoup my ETF by convincing anyone and everyone I can to flee from this company.

Plan Name: 12 Month True Spirit Of Texas Plan

Submitted on 07/05/2016 by

Comments: No problems with the service per se, but their web site is terrible, and I often received emails instructing me to go look at my statement, but the statement would never come up. I'd get a follow-up email saying to ignore the previous email, because they were having a problem. Never could figure out how to actually view my statements online.

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Submitted on 07/17/2015 by


Plan Name: 6 Month True Spirit Of Texas Plan

Submitted on 07/09/2015 by

Comments: I'm 3 months into my term with SWPL. They're good w/ communications. Interaction with their website also good. One surprise though -- and this is my bad because the plan details told me it's an 'auto pay E plan' -- I paid my first bill on their site but manually entered a payment by card and then was hit w a fee. So, you have to set up automatic pay straight to CC or you lose your discount.

Plan Name: 12 Month True Spirit Of Texas Plan

Submitted on 05/16/2015 by


Plan Name: 6 Month True Healthy Heart Of Texas Plan

Submitted on 04/28/2015 by


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Submitted on 05/21/2012 by

Comments: I have had a very good experience with Southwest Power & Light

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Southwest Power and Light offers Texas-Smart energy plans that deliver value built on integrity. Serving both residential and commercial customers throughout the State of Texas, we make the process of choosing an electricity plan that is right for you, simple and easy to understand - just how you like it. 
 
Being Texan still means something to us! And in the over-crowded herd of Retail Electricity Providers, Southwest Power and Light is the one you can rely on to provide reliable service and low-cost electricity. 
 
 

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