Arcadia Power, Inc.

I unfortunately switched to Arcadia "clean energy" which wasn't supposed to change my bill. My bill went up astronomically to about 3 times the normal. I'm on a fixed income, but no one should be defrauded and extorted like this. My June bill was $867.00 for a 1900 SF home!

Dump Arcadia before the scam hits you hard.

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It took literally a few minutes to sign up Signed up at PM and by evening they informed that the account is set up and the service starts in about two weeks I can only review the sing up process at this time I will write another review in a couple of monthsBut from what I see it is a great idea, go for it!

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Vendors are legally allowed to add up to a 4% processing fee on [redacted] and [redacted] transactions. Arcadia Power adds a 3% processing fee to credit/debit card payments. We also offer the choice to use a checking account at no additional cost. Arcadia Power does our best to display the 3% fee for...

using a credit/debit card prominently during the signup process, in our Terms of Service, FAQ, and on every downloadable statement that the customer receives. Please reference the links and attachments for more information. [redacted] as been a customer with Arcadia Power since 07/2015. Upon signing up for an account he agreed to our terms of service, added his preferred method of payment on file, and agreed to the 3% processing fee associated with using a credit/debit card. [redacted] is on a 60 day billing plan with his utility and therefore receives 1 bill every other month from Arcadia Power. In the many months [redacted] has been a customer, he has never once contacted our customer service regarding the 3% processing fee associated with his preferred method of payment. His monthly statements, that are accessible from his user dashboard, include the total charge with the breakdown of the processing fee. Arcadia Power has been nothing but transparent with [redacted] regarding the processing fee associate with his preferred method of payment. We have provided him with our phone number and multiple emails that they can reach us at if they have questions or concerns. We have emailed the customer in regards to this claim reaching out in good faith to resolve the matter. Please see attachment for details. As part of our commitment to excellent customer service, we have refunded [redacted] for his recently added credit card ending in [redacted] for the processing fees incurred over the lifetime of his service with Arcadia Power.  The refunded encompassed all 13 of the processing fees on [redacted]’s statements for his lifetime history at Arcadia Power totaling $53.84. We are not out of bounds to charge the processing fee but because we put our customers first, and try to resolve every concern the best we can, the refund was authorized by our customer service department. Please see attachment for details.

From: [redacted] <[redacted]@[redacted].com>Date: Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 10:06 AMSubject: Re: You have a new message from the Revdex.com of Metro Washington DC & Eastern Pennsylvania in regards to your complaint #[redacted].To: Revdex.com <[email protected]>Arcadia Power issued me a refund and they closed my account despite the fact that I did not want them to close my account. S[redacted]company.

Upon investigation, it appears that the customer changed the email on file to ‘[redacted]@[redacted].com’ which does not appear to be valid. We delivered statements to the email on file with 3 days notice each time, we withdrew the funds as we never heard from the customer otherwise. After searching...

our systems, there  is no email or phone record of the customer contacting us (from any email or number given). In the signup process, the customer agreed to the terms of service. In addition, there are multiple places on our website, in the signup process, and in our confirmation email where we explain pricing and how membership works. Though, our terms were agreed to, we did issue this customer a refund and closed the account upon receipt of the Revdex.com complaint as a part of our commitment to excellent customer service. Please see attached screenshots for any clarification.

[redacted] has contacted Arcadia Power since writing this complaint and a resolution has been reached. Her account has been cancelled and we were able to refund her final billing charge of $85. [redacted] signed up for a wind account with Arcadia Power account 08/27/2017. She signed up...

on the free plan and received a conformation email that day, 8/27/2017 at 8:56pm. Upon Signup she agreed to Arcadia Power’s terms of service which state that she agrees to automatic payments, and that Arcadia Power would take over paying her local utility charges to [redacted]. Arcadia Power purchases Green E Certified Renewable Energy Certificates, RECS, purchased on behalf of our customer based on their monthly energy usage measure by their local utility provider. A REC is a claim on the social, environmental, and other non-power related attributes of electricity produced by renewable sources. In addition we pass through payment to their local utility company for their local electric charges. Our free plan is no additional cost to the customer to source 50% of the customer's monthly usage from renewable through purchasing RECS.[redacted] had been a member with Arcadia Power for two months before she decided to cancel her service because she did not enjoy the payment timeline that was required to be a customer with Arcadia Power. The way this timeline works is that we receive her monthly utility charges from [redacted], we then create her billing statement that passes through these charges while also showing home much free wind energy she received. We then notify the customer when their automatic payment will be processed, bill, and pay the customer’s utility for their charges. We then purchase the corresponding wind RECS on the customer’s behalf. Because this system is automated, and Arcadia Power is passing through funds to her local utility, we must bill the customer as soon as we receive the utility charges in order to insure that all payments are made on time to the utility. We then closed the customer’s account. Because we had billed the customer before we received notice to cancel, we were unable to stop our system for automatically charging her checking account on file. We were able to refund the customer for the full $85 that was billed. Please see email correspondence and contract attached:

I gave this a try 6 months ago buying just 200KW for my 3800 sq ft home. My electric bill went down so much and I found the process absolutely seamless...no hick ups in service, nothing. So, I am now going to purchase Green Energy from Arcadia for the average balance of my electric bill. And I am adding my second home and sending out referrals.

It took literally a few minutes to sign up. Signed up at 4 PM and by evening they informed that the account is set up and the service starts in about two weeks. I can only review the sing up process at this time. I will write another review in a couple of months.
But from what I see it is a great idea, go for it!

I switched to Arcadia three month ago and it's great! It was so easy. Everyone should use Arcadia.