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Reliant Energy Customer Service

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Reliant Energy's Best Phone Number

866-222-7100
Toll-free·Calls Customer Service·Most popular Reliant Energy number
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Q:

How do I talk to a live human at Reliant Energy?

A:Press 2 at the first menu, then press 5. Next, press 5. Our free phone can also navigate phone menus to get a live human at Reliant Energy for you.
Q:

Does Reliant Energy offer 24 hour customer service?

A:Yes! This call center operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The least busy day is Saturday, and the most busy day is Monday.
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How long will I wait on hold?

A:The average hold time is 2 minutes. The longest hold times are on Tuesday, and the shortest are on Wednesday. You can skip the hold time for free.

Reliant Energy Customer Phone Numbers

Small Business Accounts

800-246-2408
Toll-free · 24 hours, 7 days · This is the line for small business. It gets you to a representative in a quarter of the time it usually takes when you call the consumer line. Keep insisting this is the number you got and they will help you. · To report a power outage, press 1. To report a problem with a business or rental property, press 2. For the home you live in, press 3. · Free tools available: Talk for me, Skip the wait, Schedule my call

Purchasing

866-281-5650
Toll-free · 24 hours, 7 days · Press 4 · If you are an existing customer with order questions or need account information, or have any other questions, press 1. To sign up for new service, press 2. If you are moving and want to transfer service, press 3. · Free tools available: Talk for me, Skip the wait, Schedule my call

How do I get through the phone menu to a live person?

Consider using our free service that calls and talks to customer service for you, then sends you a report. Or use our free service that waits on hold and tells you when a human rep is on the line. But if those options don't appeal to you, our team has also documented the phone menu for Reliant Energy below.

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We can get a live person on the line for you

That same, free GetHuman Phone can call and navigate the menus and wait on hold for you, but you can opt to do all the talking. We notify you when a rep is on the line and ready to talk, so no need to worry about changing menu options and weaving your way through the maze.
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GetHuman researchers routinely call this Reliant Energy phone number to document the phone system.
Here is how our research team describes the way the Reliant Energy phone system greets you: To report a power outage in your area, press 1. Otherwise, press 2.
Here is our latest tip for weaving through the phone menu to get to a real person the fastest: Press 2 at the first menu, then press 5. Next, press 5.
Below are some clips we've found from Reliant Energy's phone menus and tips that help give an idea of what you will encounter when you call. We've highlighted why they are important as well:

Heard when the phone system first answers

"Welcome to Reliant. To report a power outage in your area, press one. Otherwise, press two. Main menu."
Excerpt from a call with Reliant Energy
Wednesday, February 28, 2024 5:20 PM

The first phone menu

"Welcome to Reliant. To report a power outage in your area, press one.
Otherwise, press two."
Excerpt from a call with Reliant Energy
Friday, May 10, 2024 9:10 PM

After you press 2

"Main menu. For billing, payments, and account balance, press one.
To renew or change an existing service plan, press two."
Excerpt from a call with Reliant Energy
Thursday, April 4, 2024 12:11 AM

What are the hours and when should I call?

Reliant Energy operates the call center for this 866-222-7100 phone number 24 hours, 7 days. The short answer is that you should call on a Thursday. This observation and the following section are based on analysis of a sample set of 498 calls made in the last 90 days using our free, web-based phone (see above).

Automatically call when they open

When you use our free AI-powered phone to call and talk, wait on hold, or navigate for you, it will automatically wait until the Reliant Energy call center opens before trying to call. It will ask your permission before it places the call, so you can also further delay that scheduled call until you are ready. But that means you can "set it and forget it" ahead of time.
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 Reliant 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 Reliant 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 Reliant Energy is Saturday. The most busy day to call is Monday, which averages 223% more phone calls by comparison. Again, this is based on a sample of 498 calls made with our AI-powered, web-based phone in the last 90 days.
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The shortest wait on hold

We measured the shortest hold times to be on Wednesday. The longest wait in the queue on average occurs on Tuesday.
But if you use our free call and talk for me or wait on hold for me service, you don't really need to worry about average wait times.

The best time to call Reliant Energy

In summation, the best day to call Reliant Energy is Thursday.

Calling this Reliant Energy Customer Number

Christian Allen is the editor / author responsible for this content.
Apr 10, 2024

I just upgraded my home to better meet my family, which means that I have to deal with moving my services over to my new home. One of the items on the list was to call Reliant Energy and transfer my electric service to the new house. I was able to talk to someone within a short timeframe, but first I had to navigate through a lengthy directory process. It makes sense though since people need to call for energy issues, storm issues, new services, stopping services, and moving services. 

When I first called, an automated voice greeted me and said, "Welcome to Reliant, to report a power outage in your area press 1, otherwise press 2. For billing, payments, and account balance, press 1. To renew or change an existing service plan, press 2. To start, move, or stop service, press 3. For questions about security, press 4. For all other matters, press 5." I chose option 3 since it met my needs the best, and was then offered new options which included, "If you're not currently a reliant customer and want to sign up for a new electricity plan, press 1. To move or transfer your existing service, press 2. To stop service, press 3. To change or stop the status of a scheduled service request, press 4. For all other requests, press 5."

After I pressed 2 there was a disclaimer that worried me that said, "We are currently experiencing higher-than-normal call volume. For immediate assistance, please visit us online." However, despite the warning, it only took about 30 seconds for someone to pick up my call. Andrea picked up the call and was able to walk me through the easy process. It turned out to be a very easy thing to cross off my to-do list. 

Christian has been writing about long hold times and customer service call center experiences since 2010. He's been featured in Bloomberg, the Wall Street Journal and the Boston Globe.

Why Customers Call Reliant Energy

Below is a sample of recent calls to Reliant Energy, and their purpose. Are any of these similar to the reason you are trying to call?
Finalize enrollment process: "I'm trying to be a customer, but I never got to that point where an account was provided."
- From a call lasting 22m 4s , Nov 5, 2024 6:44 PM
Inquiring about buyback programs: "I'm inquiring about your buyback programs."
- From a call lasting 30m 3s , Nov 5, 2024 6:08 PM
Request for service connection: "I was calling because I wanna see if I could get services with you guys."
- From a call lasting 34m 11s , Oct 23, 2024 9:09 PM
Service qualification inquiry: "I was calling to see if I qualified to get services with you guys."
- From a call lasting 3m 51s , Oct 23, 2024 9:05 PM
Billing issue discussion: "I'm having some issues with my past billing and would like some help resolving it."
- From a call lasting 8m 26s , Aug 13, 2024 5:23 PM
Information about why customers call Reliant Energy is extracted from issues that customers have reported to GetHuman.
Reliant Energy issues reported to GetHuman

More Reliant Energy Customer Service Contacts

There are of course other ways to contact Reliant Energy customer service besides the phone. Below we list the best ones, by medium.

Reliant Energy Customer Service Live Chat

reliant.com - Customer Service
Click "Chat with us live"
If phone-based customer service is not available, or the wait times are long, many people prefer chat as a next-best option. Some even prefer it to calling on the phone. Luckily, Reliant Energy provides this option.

Reliant Energy Customer Email Addresses

service@reliant.com - Customer Service
Customer service email address
Corresponding with a customer service department by email may not be your first choice, especially if your issue is urgent or time-sensitive. But email is a nearly ubiquitous form of communication, and Reliant Energy will reply our your email.

Reliant Energy Customer Help Desk / Web Support

reliant.com - Customer Service
Online customer service support
As a last, sometimes only, resort- Reliant 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 Reliant 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 Reliant Energy agent. This phone number is Reliant Energy's best phone number because 6,456 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 866-222-7100 include Setup service, Book appointment, Change appointment, Meter reading, Cancel service and other customer service issues. Rather than trying to call Reliant 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 or email or chat. In total, Reliant Energy has 3 phone numbers. It's not always clear what is the best way to talk to Reliant 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 Reliant Energy. The two organizations are not related. GetHuman builds free tools and shares information to help customers of companies like Reliant 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.

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