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JeffRVA OP t1_j65qjxv wrote

"DPU encourages any customer with concerns about their bill to contact us at 804-646-4646"

Good luck with that.

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bkemp1984Part2 t1_j66m4ha wrote

Purposefully confusing number so you give up

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FalloutRip t1_j66pbke wrote

Oh you know the jingle: 0118-999-881.......

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Disastrous-Storm-486 t1_j69291k wrote

Can we send a formal email?

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nitsual912 t1_j6960aw wrote

Have also sent emails. Same lack of response as waiting on hold for 20-30 minutes and no one ever answering. It’s ridiculous.

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WontArnett t1_j65zr3g wrote

You must’ve just gotten your gas bill too? 😅

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JeffRVA OP t1_j661qdu wrote

No, but after I sold my house in Henrico I spent almost a year trying to get them to close out my gas account. It finally took reaching out to the city councilman for the district I work in, emails to people in the Mayor's office, and finally emails with the head of DPU herself before they finally closed it out. Saying I'm glad to be done with them is a massive understatement. (Although to be fair I never had any issues with the service itself in the seven and a half years I lived in my old house save for not getting an initial bill for three months when I first moved in.)

Their customer service reps were useless but I never could figure out if it was because they were incompetent or the dysfunction of the department prevented them from actually solving my problem.

By contrast it took me one short phone call to close out my water/trash with Henrico DPU. There's no reason why Richmond has to be so awful.

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Ms-Pamplemousse t1_j665wqi wrote

Mine is still open....coming up on 10 months, I think. I've lost count. I dread whatever my next move is.

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JeffRVA OP t1_j666eqh wrote

In retrospect I should filed a complaint with the State Corporation Commission. https://scc.virginia.gov/pages/Utility-Complaints I didn’t discover that until I was corresponding with the head of DPU. That would have been my next step though if she hadn’t finally gotten it resolved.

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