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TrustScore 4 out of 5

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Considering 372 reviews, reviewers had a great experience with this company. Customers frequently praise the dedicated staff for being exceptionally polite, knowledgeable, and genuinely helpful during phone conversations regarding various energy tariffs. Consumers also appreciate the remarkably quick response times, the wonderful ease of speaking directly to a real person, and the smooth overall switching process. However, some customers also noted issues concerning higher prices compared to competitors or unexpected, substantial increases in their monthly direct debit payments. A few other people also felt that certain technical problems took far too long to resolve or experienced frustrating difficulties navigating through the complex automated phone options.

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

My call was taken by Lauren. She was polite and helpful throughout our conversation and was knowledgeable enough to answer my questions and suggest certain courses of action for me to take. My only re... See more

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Been with Ecotricity from the beginning of this energy company. There have been changes as it grew but the service is still fairly good. My account on their website holds a lot on info at the tap of t... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Such a pleasure dealing with Sam at Ecotricity today. She phoned me in response to a query I had emailed about switching my account away from another provider. Everything was explained so clearly. W... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent customer service. 82 year old relative got in muddle and wasn't paying enough direct debit. Called the help line. Clear speaking UK based staff (with no loud noise in background which can... See more

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Company details

  1. Green Energy Supplier
  2. Electric Utility Company
  3. Energy Supplier
  4. Fuel Supplier
  5. Gas Company

About Ecotricity

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Britain's overall greenest energy company, supplying 100% green electricity and a mix of fossil and sustainable green gas to customers across Britain. Plus, we’re the world’s first (and still the only!) vegan-certified energy supplier, backed by both Viva!, the vegan charity, and The Vegan Society.

We’re not like most other suppliers

What makes Ecotricity different is that we’re not-for-dividend – instead, we take the money we make from our customers’ bills and use it to build new forms of green energy. So far, we’ve built 28 green sites - 24 wind parks, 3 sun parks and 1 green gasmill, with even more on the way.

We call this turning ‘Bills into Mills’ - it means that by paying your bill every month you’re helping fight climate change. Every new windmill or sun park we build reduces Britain’s reliance on fossil fuels to generate electricity.

Join us and together we’ll build a sustainable future by replacing fossil fuels with green energy!

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

When moving property in the last couple…

When moving property in the last couple days, I have had a very positive experience when transferring everything I need through ECOTRICITY. I would like to especially thank Lauren who has helped us this whole time and talked us through every step when it came to helping with our electricity and gas. Thank you Lauren and everyone at the ECOTRICITY team

April 27, 2026
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Reply from Ecotricity

Hi Emily

Thanks for taking the time to leave this positive review, as we're pleased to hear how helpful our service has been to you. I will pass your kind words on to Lauren.

Best wishes

Em

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Contacting Ecotricity friendly helpful staff

Had to phone about changing bank details m. Very nice person to talk to and I was able to easily and relaxedly resolve my query

April 24, 2026
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Reply from Ecotricity

Hello Anne.

Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback, we are pleased to hear you were happy with the service you received and if we can help in the future, please contact us.

Best wishes,

Chloe

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Everyone at Ecotricity was helpful and…

Everyone at Ecotricity was helpful and friendly especially Trinity.

April 22, 2026
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Reply from Ecotricity

Hi Kyle,

Thank you for taking the time to provide your great feedback.

Its great to hear you were pleased with the service you received and if we can help at any time in the future, please let us know.

Best wishes,

Stu

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Emily's support was excellent

Emily's support was excellent. She helped provide a quotation and get everything setup. Great customer service and clear communication throughout.

April 22, 2026
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Reply from Ecotricity

Hi Nick,

Thank you for taking the time to provide your great feedback about Emily and the support she provided you with in the Sales Process.

Its great to have you with us and supporting our mission to produce more green energy schemes.

If we can help at any time in the future, please let us know.

Best wishes,

Stu

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Spoke with Ros who was very helpful and…

Spoke with Ros who was very helpful and is amending our Tarif to reflect what it should be. Friendly, efficient and nice to deal with. Great Customer Service

April 22, 2026
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Reply from Ecotricity

Hi Melanie,

I’m so pleased to hear that Ros took great care of you — I’ll happily pass on your lovely feedback and make sure she’s recognised for all her hard work.

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a review, and for choosing to stay with us as your green energy supplier. It really means a lot.

Best wishes,

Boudie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very good customer experience

Very helpful, friendly, professional customer service - clearly explained everything in detail about the switch and my options; also very polite and listened to my concerns sympathetically.

Lauren really reassured me with her positive attitude that my switch would go smoothly.

April 21, 2026
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Reply from Ecotricity

Hi Lawrence,

I am really pleased to learn Lauren provided you with excellent customer service – I’ll ensure she is recognised for her hard work.

Thank you for taking the time to write a review and for choosing us as your new green energy supplier.

Best wishes,

Boudie

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Threatened with bailiffs before a single payment was missed

I moved into my property two months ago. The first month's bill was originally in my landlord's name and was transferred to me, something completely outside my control.

I set up a direct debit immediately. Ecotricity sent one email about the balance, then straight away sent a threatening letter warning of debt collectors, home visits, and a court warrant to fit a prepayment meter.

While my direct debit was still 6 days away from being due. I had not missed a single payment. They escalated to formal debt threats before the bill was even overdue.

When I tried to switch supplier in response, they blocked it. Formal complaint raised and escalating to the Energy Ombudsman.

April 21, 2026
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Reply from Ecotricity

Hi George,

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review.

To be able to investigate your concerns, we have asked you for some information privately in a direct message. Do please respond to that message, so that we are able to investigate this for you in a bit more detail.

Best wishes,

Boudie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great customer service

Great customer service better than most other providers
phoned with problem I had had to ring me back phoned me at the time they said they would was very polite and helpful never had any problems with there service in the 12 years been with them

April 21, 2026
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Reply from Ecotricity

Hi Ant Wa,

Gosh, thank you so much for taking the time to write such a lovely review and for supporting our mission for the past 12 years it really means a lot.

Best wishes,

Boudie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Friendly person who was knowledgeable…

Friendly person who was knowledgeable and patient with me.

April 17, 2026
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Reply from Ecotricity

Hello Cesca,

Thank you for your great review and thank you for choosing to support Ecotricity on our green mission!

Best wishes,

Matt

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great customer service very competitive…

Great customer service very competitive prices no problems at all would highly recommend

April 17, 2026
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Reply from Ecotricity

Hello Michael,

Thank you for your lovely words and continuing to support Ecotricity on our green journey!

Best wishes,

Matt

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We’ve always received exceptional…

We’ve always received exceptional service, and today (with James) was no exception.

April 9, 2026
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Reply from Ecotricity

Hello,

Thank you for taking the time to leave a great review and thank you for supporting Ecotricity on our green mission!

Best wishes,
Emily

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good tariffs

Good tariffs. Easy to communicate with them and they have a good background story

April 8, 2026
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Reply from Ecotricity

Hi M,

Thank you for taking the time to provide your great feedback.

Its great to hear you were pleased with our service and the tariffs.

Thank you for supporting us in our mission to produce more green energy schemes.

Best wishes,

Stu

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

WORST ENERGY COMPANY EVER - AVOID

If I could give this company zero stars then I would.
They are absolute rubbish.
1. Very expensive compared to everyone else
2. customer service is appalling.
3. If you are even one day late paying your bill they hound you with texts, emails & phone calls.
4. They don’t rectify their mistakes with billing, instead trying to blame the customer.
5. their estimated meter readings are ridiculously high so they take more money than they should & then refuse to refund you the difference, insisting it will be deducted from future bills.

They are unhelpful, arrogant, expensive & a nightmare to deal with.

AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

March 19, 2026
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Reply from Ecotricity

Hello Nick,

I'm sorry to see that your experience with Ecotricity hasn't been smooth. We have raised a case to review this further and will be in touch.

Best wishes,
Emily

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Switched to a Smartmeter

Switched to a Smartmeter. I left a review four days ago. Ecotricity requested my contact details but did not contact me directly but did message over Trustpilot linking to my first review. They asked me to email them but did not leave an email address.

The Smartmeter is now displaying a consumption of electricity about twice the original meter. The Smart display still not working.

We did contact Ecotricity on the first day to report the problem. The Ecotricity agent said they woudl set up an investigation case and send us an email to record different actions. Did they actually send the email ? Nope. Is the Smartmeter recording double the consumption as recorded on the old meter ? Yep.

Be careful about asking for improvements, they rarely happen.

March 30, 2026
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Reply from Ecotricity

Hello Darryl,

As advised previously, we couldn't locate an account matching the contact details you provided.

Please email complaints@ecotricity.co.uk with your account number provided so we can investigate this further for you.

Kind regards,

Matt

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Super easy switch and quote was less…

Super easy switch and quote was less than what I was paying with previous bundle supplier.
Main thing is its time to do my bit.

March 25, 2026
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Reply from Ecotricity

Hi Stanley

Welcome to Ecotricity and thanks for supporting our green mission. We're pleased to hear that your switching journey went well.

Best wishes

Em

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A great company with great old fashioned values

Excellent customer service.phone number on home page, no searching to find one in very small print somewhere. Quickly answered by Emma, no queues and robots telling you the obvious, that you are in a queue.
A nice chat with Emma who solved my problem (it was my problem not Ecotricity) professionally and efficiently managed
This company can be a bit more expensive than some others but im on board with the green credentials and ethos of the way the company is managed. For this i sacrific other things. Its inpirtant to me.
Thanks for all your hard work
Keep flying the flag

March 23, 2026
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Reply from Ecotricity

Hi Jill,

Thank you for supporting our green mission and for taking the time to write such a wonderful review. I’ll make sure Emma hears your kind words.

Best wishes,

Boudie

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Truly shocking customer service

Truly shocking customer service. I have just closed my account with them after 14 years due to a string of errors and cancelations. I had 3 different engineering visits cancelled at the last minute, with unsatisfactory explanations. I informed them that i had a faulty meter and they didn't seem to want to fix it for me, so i've changed suppliers to Octopus.

February 12, 2026
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Reply from Ecotricity

Dear Luc,

I am sorry to read about your recent experiences.

I am logging this matter as a complaint and we will be in contact with you as soon as possible in respect of this.

Best wishes,

Matt

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Lauren in Sales was really helpful

Lauren in Sales was clear, informative, and communicative.
The process was easy to complete.
Lauren listened to the issues I had and attended to them

March 20, 2026
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Reply from Ecotricity

Hello Lynn,

Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback, we are pleased to hear you were happy with the service you received and if we can help in the future, please contact us.

Best wishes,

Matt

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great company of…


I like the green credentials of Ecotricity and the icing on the cake is the first rate customer service.
They listen and take the time to address any problems or concerns.
Highly recommended

March 20, 2026
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Reply from Ecotricity

Hello Julie,

Thank you for your great review and taking the time to leave this.

Thank you for supporting Ecotricity on our green mission!

Best wishes,

Matt

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Dreadful company

Dreadful company. I signed up with them last summer, received two estimated bills, then complete radio silence. No bills, no functioning indication of how much electricity I've used on their app/website. I've called them every month since October 25 to point out they've stopped sending me bills or taking any money off me (not technically true - the direct debit goes to them every month but just sits as credit on their site and they never bill me, it's over a grand now, and I still have no udea how much energy I've actually used. I might owe them loads, they might owe me loads. Who knows?)

Every time I call them they tell me there's a problem with my smart meter and someone will be in touch. No one has ever been in touch. In in 6 months of me calling them every month when my direct debit goes out and no bill appears.

No other provider has ever had a problem with my smart meter. Which isn't to say it might not have broken in the meantime, but you'd think someone might at least drop me an email or call me to say they're coming to have a look rather than just not billing for 6 months.

I had planned on just switching, though I'd have had to go through the ombudsman and point out they were breaking their contract by not billing me as I'm on a fixed deal. However global politics have overtaken me, and now is not the time to be switching electricity provider unless you want to pay 20x so I'm stuck.

March 19, 2026
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Reply from Ecotricity

Dear Chris,

I am sorry to read about your recent experiences.

I am logging this matter as a complaint and we will be in contact with you as soon as possible in respect of this matter.

Best wishes,

Stu

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