How do I get through the phone menu to a real live person?
GetHuman researchers routinely call this Austin Energy phone number to document the phone system.
Here is our latest tip for weaving through the phone menu to get to a real person the fastest:Say "Agent."
Here is how our research team describes the way the Austin Energy phone system greets you: To use your phone number, say "phone number" or press 1. To use your account number, say "account number" or press 2. To report an outage or down power line, say "outage" or press 3. If you are a new customer, say "new customer" or press 4. To speak to an agent, say "agent" or press 5.
What are the hours and when should I call?
Austin Energy operates the call center for this 512-494-9400 phone number Mon-Fri 7am-9pm, Sat 9am-1pm CT.The short answer is that you should call on a Tuesday.This observation and the following section are based on analysis of a sample set of 18 calls made in the last 90 days using our free, web-based phone (see above).
An important note: busy times vs hold times vs best time to call
When we refer to busy or less busy times, we are talking about the volume of calls. The busiest times are when the most people are calling this Austin Energy phone number (least busy times have fewer people calling). This high call volume does not necessarily mean that you will have a long hold time when you call. Companies like Austin Energy staff their call centers differently based on the time of day and day of the week, so you may experience a shorter wait on hold at the busiest of times. When we refer to the best time to call, we are referring to the optimal combination of lower call volume and shorter wait times.
The least busy time to call
The least busy day to call Austin Energy is Tuesday.The most busy day to call is Thursday.Again, this is based on a sample of 18 calls made with our AI-powered, web-based phone in the last 90 days.
The shortest wait on hold
We measured the shortest hold times to be on Monday.The longest wait in the queue on average occurs on Wednesday.
The best time to call
In summation, the best day to call Austin Energy is Tuesday.This is not the day with the shortest wait on hold in the phone system, but we still recommend it for its ideal combination of low call volume and short hold times. Plus we believe that Austin Energy staffs the call center well on Tuesday.
More Ways to Contact Austin Energy Customer Service
There are of course other ways to contact Austin Energy customer service besides the phone. Below we list the best ones, by medium.
As a last, sometimes only, resort- Austin Energy customer service can be accessed through their website. This can entail digging through help articles before finding a form and "being allowed" to submit a problem to their team, and rarely leads to a real-time conversation, which is why GetHuman does not recommend this unless it's the only way.
Conclusion and closing notes
This is Austin Energy's best phone number, the real-time current wait on hold and tools for skipping right through those phone lines to get right to a Austin Energy agent. This phone number is Austin Energy's best phone number because 108 customers like you used this contact information over the last 18 months and gave us feedback. Common problems addressed by the customer care unit that answers calls to 512-494-9400 include Setup service, Book appointment, Change appointment, Meter reading, Cancel service and other customer service issues. Rather than trying to call Austin Energy first, consider describing your issue first; from that we may be able to recommend an optimal way to contact them via phone or web. In total, Austin Energy has 1 phone number. It's not always clear what is the best way to talk to Austin Energy representatives, so we started compiling this information built from suggestions from the customer community. Please keep sharing your experiences so we can continue to improve this free resource.
GetHuman does not provide call center services or customer support operations for Austin Energy. The two organizations are not related. GetHuman builds free tools and shares information to help customers of companies like Austin Energy. 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 to get a live human rep. We continue to work on these tools to help customers like you (and ourselves!) navigate the messy phone menus, hold times, and confusion with customer service. As long as you keep sharing it with your friends and loved ones, we'll keep doing it.