Reliant Energy: disconnection notice
Ask for a payment extension before the disconnection notice due date, or a deferred payment plan; Texas rules require 10 days' notice.
What does this mean?
Grade C (use with care: check the source of each value before relying on it). 67% of 27 sources are the organization's own pages or government sites.
Collect
- disconnection notice
- account number
- physician statement for critical care
Steps
Request a payment extension before the due date on the disconnection notice, or a deferred payment plan, online or by phone.
Call 2-1-1 to find agencies supported by Reliant CARE.
If someone is seriously ill or depends on electric life-support equipment, tell Reliant and have the physician confirm Critical Care status in writing, then sign a deferred payment plan.
Facts you can cite
- Deadline
If you received a disconnection notice, a Reliant payment extension must be requested before the disconnection notice due date. AutoPay customers must call at least three business days before the bill is due.
Source: reliant.com, verified 2026-10-12
- Fee
A Reliant payment extension may still bring a 5% late fee, a disconnection notice fee and a disconnect recovery fee.
Source: reliant.com, verified 2026-10-12
- Policy
On a Reliant deferred payment plan you cannot switch providers until the deferred balance is paid in full.
Source: reliant.com, verified 2026-10-12
- Deadline
Under PUCT rules, the disconnection date must be not less than ten days after the disconnection notice is issued; critical care and chronic condition customers get written notice at least 21 days before.
Source: law.cornell.edu, verified 2026-10-12
- Policy
A critical care residential customer whose physician confirms the status in writing and who enters a deferred payment plan is protected from disconnection for 63 days from the bill's issue date.
Source: law.cornell.edu, verified 2026-10-12
- Policy
A REP may not disconnect for nonpayment in a county during an extreme weather emergency, which includes a day when the previous day's high did not exceed 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
Source: law.cornell.edu, verified 2026-10-12
- Deadline
Reliant CARE help through agencies may take up to 8 weeks to arrive and may not cover the full bill.
Source: reliant.com, verified 2026-10-12
If that fails, escalate
Go up one step at a time. Keep the reference numbers and dates from each contact.
Customer service
Supervisor
Ask for a supervisory review; PUCT rules require an answer within 10 business days.
Written complaint
MailReliant mailing address Reliant, P.O. Box 3765, Houston, TX 77253-3765State agency
Your state’s utility commission. Find it in the list of state agencies (also as JSON:
states/<code>.json, for example states/ny.json).Public Utility Commission of Texas, after Reliant has had the complaint.
State agency
Your state’s attorney general. Find it in the list of state agencies (also as JSON:
states/<code>.json, for example states/ny.json).Texas Attorney General, Consumer Protection Division.
Watch out
- Payment extensions, deferred plans and online cancellation need sign-in to the Reliant account.
- Reliant's Terms of Service and Your Rights as a Customer documents could not be retrieved; plan-specific fees are in the customer's own EFL.
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