The United Illuminating Company Phone Number

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  • Calls The United Illuminating Company's Customer Service department
  • The average hold time is 52m
  • Hours are Mon-Fri 7am-7pm EST
  • The best time to call is 9am
  • Popular issues for this call center: Setup service, Book appointment, Change appointment, Meter reading, and Cancel service.
  • Reach a live The United Illuminating Company agent: Press 2 at the first menu, then Press 5, next Press 7, then Press 0 twice, then Press 7.
  • What you hear when you call: If you are a customer and need help paying your bill, press 1. If you are calling for any other reason, press 2.

What to expect when you call

Heard when the phone system first answers
"Thank you for calling UI. Experiencing financial difficulties because of the pandemic? Ask us about payment assistant programs, including the Flex payment arrangement, or visit u I net dot com for more information. If you're a residential customer having trouble paying your energy bill, United Illuminating would like to work with you to find a solution. Press one for more information. You're calling for a different reason, press two."
Excerpt from a call with The United Illuminating Company
Tuesday, January 2, 2024 1:29 PM
The first phone menu
"Thank you for calling UI. Our office is closed at this time. Please stay on the line to report an outage or to use our self help menus. Experiencing financial difficulty because of the pandemic? Ask us about payment assistant programs, including the flexible payment arrangement or visit u I net dot com for more information.
If you're calling to report an outage or a service emergency, press one.
For shutoff notifications, billing questions, or to make a payment, press two."
Excerpt from a call with The United Illuminating Company
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 9:15 AM

The United Illuminating Company Customer Phone Number 800-722-5584 - Stats

Phone number to dial800-722-5584
Call-back availableYES
Call picked up by a real personYES
Department you're callingCustomer Service
Call center hoursMon-Fri 7am-7pm EST
Best time to dial9am
Average wait52 minutes
Current wait72 minutes
Rank (among phone numbers)1
Rank (overall)1
Communication channelsphone, twitter, web
Quality of communication86%
Quality of help82%
Customer votes725
Information last updatedTue Mar 26 2024 09:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

The United Illuminating Company's Best Toll-Free/800 Customer Phone Number

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Contacting The United Illuminating Company - by phone or otherwise

While 800-722-5584 is The United Illuminating Company's best toll-free number, there are 3 total ways to get in touch with them. The next best way to talk to their customer support team may just be to tell GetHuman about your issue and let us try to find the best way to contact them or find help for that particular issue. Besides calling, the next favorite option for customers looking for help is via @UnitedIllum for Customer Service. If you think this information is inaccurate or know of other ways to contact The United Illuminating Company please let us know so we can share with other customers. And you can click here if you want to compare all the contact information we've gathered for The United Illuminating Company.

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In short, the two companies are not related. GetHuman builds free tools and shares information amongst customers of companies like The United Illuminating Company. For large companies that includes tools such as our GetHuman Phone, which allows you to call a company but skip the part where you wait on the line listening to their call technology music. We've created these shortcuts and apps to try to help customers like you (and ourselves!) navigate the messy phone menus, hold times, and confusion with customer service, especially with larger companies. And as long as you keep sharing it with your friends and loved ones, we'll keep doing it.

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