The bill always comes just a few days before it's due , in some cases after it's due or not at all . No doubt they're doing it deliberately to make you go paperless . I would except I don't like being bullied . If you can avoid these people , do so . Terrible company to do business with ! read more

I have been in my house since December 2021. The first few bills I received started around the $70 mark. Then the bill went to about $85 up until May of 2023. I received a bill of $300, $400, and $813. Nobody can give me an explanation and when I suggested that they replace the meter they tell me it is my responsibility. I have had a plumber come and check my home for leaks and none were found. I truly believe my HOA and NES are swindling my neighbors out of money. How is it a company in Florida is servicing a neighborhood in Atlanta, GA? The billing issue still exists with no true explanation for what is going on. At this point a lawyer is the only resolve that I see for this situation. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY! read more

This company is nothing more than a money grabbing sham that masquerades as a water meter billing company. Fees upon fees for no reason. If you have a choice stay away from this one. Tell your HOA you do not want this company anywhere near your property. read more

One of the worst experiences ever with a so-called "business". First of all I live in Jersey & am utterly confused that the building management would use a company in Florida, of all places. They tried to scam me into setting up automatic payment by holding my on-time check payments. September of 2023, they held my check for three months. When I called to remove two $15 late fees, I was told they can only remove one. Can't wait to be rid of the scam company. Lastly, i wanted to leave a zero star review. read more

it's just so sad that in order to write this review i have to rate it i wouldn't give "no stars" this has been by far the worst water company i've had to deal with for real all this to because i overpaid and credit was issued now it's been a month i moved out and i'm still waiting for them to cut me that check..accounting department is also the worst in responding according to genesis and the other ladies i've been speaking with...now today 9/28/2023 after me saying how upset i am and what i was going to do i got transferred over to rosa over at customer service lead i told her i was going to write this review and also going to contact the better business bureau and trust me i will...if your late in paying your bill they are quick in adding that late fee...i want my monies...after all that time on the phone this morning i got nothing accomplished but to hear they are a third party honestly i could careless send me my damn monies before i also contact my "attorney" as well....i hate the fact that i had to give that one star periotttt!!! last call i made today...and got nothing accomplished shame shame...what value? no one value nothing in that company periotttt glad i don't have to deal with this company ever again!!!! when i asked to speak to someone higher i was transferred over to rosa now i have business owner reaching out to me after putting out my review i have no reason to discuss anymore at this point and you can also thank new life village because that's where i was living at and they had to call it in when i moved me calling and letting known my last day there it was cleared stated new life village has to call it in...now it doesn't take a month for me to get the credit that's owe to me because i over paid! the most should've been two weeks if that.. ******jerry b talk with your employees*******i didn't want to go there but when i wasn't getting any where then i did this review and i did tell each one of them that i spoke to...i was continuously put on hold every-time i called to wind up stating they are waiting on n l v n now accounting department, when i asked to give me names/number for me to contact it wasn't given to me talking about accounting department...this is a water company that you call and they can't do anything unless the property office where you live calls and says unbelievable and this comes because i was having problems and was told i needed to contact the property in order to take care of in which it didn't yeah supposedly my transmeter was no good going up and down and wasting more water than what i was using an average was 100 gals per day n i was at over 200 gals per day go figure someone that only used the shower daily 15 mins the most n washing machine twice a month and barely home...but it's ok...i do keep notes of calls n names of those people i interact with...imma leave it right here for you jerry b business owner to investigate check those calls if they are really being recorded...1233 andora falls street tampa 33619 that "was "my address no longer residing there t g...my new mailing address is in tbe files!!!!!! i will also be contacted bbb since it's been so long now!! hope this review can help others... thumbs down...cut me that check!!!!! read more

National Exemption Service - Nothing accomplished - Utilities Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

This outfit is the mafia of water companies. I was forced to use them by the owner of the apartments I rent in Florida. I have lived in my present location for three full years, and I have averaged 600-900 gallons of water usage for 34 of the past 36 months. On month 35, my water usage jumped to 2,900 gallons per month, and instead of my bill averaging $50.00 per month as usual, it jumped to $240.00 for month 35. The apartment maintenance people checked for a leak, and none was found. I contacted the "Customer Service Department" and asked the CSR department to review the bill. I received a call back advising that the bill is in line because the average daily use for one person is 100 gallons per day. I disputed this with the CSR. I live alone and have no dishwasher or washing machine, and I use the shower at my local gym which eliminates using the shower in the apartment. I made the CSR aware of this, and he continued to state that the amount of water usage was accurate. He disconnected the call and blocked me to avoid my call back. I have interviewed the other tenants in the building where I live, and no one has ever gotten a bill as large as mine. I am awaiting the bill for month 36. I was out of my apartment for most of this month; however, I feel sure that I will be billed for at least 2,900 gallons of water for this month. Beginning month 37, I have discontinued ALL water use in my apartment. I purchase four 5 gallon jugs of water weekly and 2 cases of bottled water. This is far from 100 gallons per day, and I actually have water remaining at the end of each week. I have little doubt that I will once again be billed for 2,900 gallons of water for month 37. This company has reduced dishonesty to an art form. My rating for this outfit is actually a negative one star, but the minus sign has been omitted from the options. read more

I own an apartment complex and made the unfortunate decision to use this company. I can't believe I pay them to manage the water service for this particular property. They are a complete dumpster fire. Their billing systems are a wreck. They have been a disaster to work with and have cost me tenants. If you care about your business and your tenants you will steer clear of this train wreck pf a company. read more

Once again NES/Submeter found a way to add more late fees to my account. They held my banks payment until after the due date to create another late fee. These people are leeches! read more

Jessica Stewart is an absolute pleasure to do business with! Not only is she vastly knowledgeable about every question you could possibly come up with, she has an amazing attitude and personality that few people have. She has solved all of my account and tech issues with amazing professionalism, kept me up to date on all potential issues, and has a fantastic sense of urgency that makes her my preferred go-to person. We should clone her. That'd be amazing. I'll look into it. :) read more

With a 5$ water bill + $7 sewer bill + $25 vallet trash (total $37) = ended up paying $47 which means $10 in fees, which is unacceptable! Trash sometimes is not picked up during scheduked days, which means it piles up in the halls ajd stairway, again unacceptable. Services not worth the cost but unfortunately there is no other option because the complex hired this company. read more

If you could avoid using the services of this company, STAY FAR AWAY. Use a different utility sub-billing company if you cannot use regular companies. There's a reason NES has a C minus rating from the BBB. If zero stars were an option, that is what I'd choose. This company engages in **highly illegal**, deceptive, and fraudulent billing practices. They in engage in EXTREME usury in violation of Florida statutes by charging late fees literally equal to more than *SEVENTY PERCENT* of the total monthly utility charges on average. In contrast, Florida law limits such fees to far less than 10 percent of outstanding balances (utility companies nationwide charge one percent to four percent of past due balances on average). The condo docs of my HOA moreover limit late fees to 10 percent of outstanding balances of association dues. Thus, NES is in violation of both Florida law and the governing docs of my HOA by charging fees of SEVENTY PERCENT, more than 7 times the legal limit! NES violates both Florida usury and other consumer laws, as well as the condo docs applicable to my building. In contrast to the approximately 5 percent late fee limit applicable under Florida law, where my monthly utility bills for actual usage average around $25 (electricity only, where I'm out of town half the month and have only an energy efficient fridge running consistently, LED bulbs only, and no TV), NES charges a $15 late fee for being FIVE DAYS late on a balances of less than $25!!! Also, NES engages in numerous deceptive billing practices. For example, among other things, they bury late fees in your "current charges," trying to mask their fraudulent late fees rather than breaking them down. And they only allow you to see one month of billing, so you can't even look at the "previous" late fees they slap on you. And their customer "service" is non-existent, with everyone I've ever communicated with denying both the illegality and fraud of their practices, and also telling me they don't have the authority to do anything. The above is only a portion of the very serious fraudulent practices of, and problems with, this business. Unfortunately, the homeowner's association of my condo building, located in the Atlanta, Georgia metro area, currently uses their services, which I am actively lobbying to have them terminate. I am also preparing a complaint against this company to file with each of: 1) the BBB, 2) the Florida Attorney General's Office, and 3) a potential state court civil complaint. DO NOT USE THEM, AND IF YOU ARE FORCED TO BE A CUSTOMER, BE VERY CAREFUL IN MONITORING THEIR CHARGES! If you're also getting scammed, you should also look at filing legal complaints against the company for their illegal, fraudulent, and deceptive practices. read more

This company sucks! I'm in new Jersey! There in Florida! How am I paying them my water bill?? Every other month they are charging me a late fee! There full of shit, they said there mailing system is different! So it take 4 days to mail something to Florida. Get the fuck out of here! Your company sucks!! read more

Had the misfortune of dealing with this company for years as they were the water service for multiple properties. Their customer service is terrible and the billing can never be properly explained as the charges never add up correctly. To top it off when closing an account it requires jumping through multiple hoops. The icing on the cake- they then require ME to provide them the new owners info in order to close my account. Why is that my responsibility?! Closing my account should have nothing to do with the next person's account but they want their money and don't want to miss a day of billing someone, anyone! read more

Until the customer points out they don't understand there mistake. Too may mistakes with the office staff. They read the meter wrong, when the meter is replaced they till keep on reading the defective meter and report zero reading. The staff incompetent, inaccurate and careless. Tenant's information does not get updated; Tenant's don't get charged so many mistakes. read more

i have been using this company for about 3 yrs, not by choice but because my community uses them. I have heard many horror stories on the Community group chat. Anyway as i have never had any issue with them, i just observe and kept on moving...until now.. while as i type i am awaiting a call back. So My property has been empty since Feb. 2018. My March bill was about $9 i paid $10. As the property "is" empty I paid it late so, i expected the $15 late charge, so i paid $40. leaving a CR. next bill April $26 ok ..the property is empty. i have credit, allocated for late fee..May $58 OK...i called ..the rep is unable to explain. so i am pending a call back from someone who can explain how a empty prop water goes up every month!! .. (i dont want to believe this company id padding) so i await my call back and will update my review.. pending outcome. read more

The company responded that it was easy to set up autopay, but when I spoke with a rude customer service agent they didnt seem to have the same memo and made no mention of Autopay and were annoyed to have to deal with customers. Maybe you fixed your online portal since I last had to deal with it but I would generally advise against defending your company by referring folks to your customer service. As I wrote months ago, avoid this company if you can! read more

My home owner association hired this company to meter the condos water so that the owners would pay their usage, which I totally agree with. This company's billing is illegal. I'm planing on contacting BBB and Attorney General with all the statements. They are consistently recharging for the same bill cycle. I received a statement by email that showed I had a credit, three days later I go on the site and it says that I'm late?!?!?! read more

My bill came out to around $14. To pay online, they force you to pay a processing fee as far as I can tell. It was there for e-check as well as for card. The processing fee was $3.50! That's an additional 25% fee (for me at least) just to process you payment! I'm also forced to use them where I live, gotta love monopolies. NES: What can be done to reduce or eliminate those processing fees? read more

Let me understand this. If I pay on-line ELECTRONICALLY with my credit card, or via my checking account, there is an additional $3.50 transaction fee, but if I snail mail my check to NES, and they physically have to: 1) open the envelope 2) manually enter my payment into their accounting system, and 3) submit my paper check for payment, it cost NOTHING? So by making this totally electronic, with no one actually touching my payment, I get billed an additional $3.50?? No other utility or for that matter, anyone that I use my credit card or pay by eCheck, charges a service fee. Can you imagine what would happen if Amazon did that??? Get into the 21st Century NES.....electronic doesn't cost $3.50 per transaction fee!!! read more

This company is a complete scam. There is zero transparency and all of their fees are completely made up. They will double charge you on late fees for previous balances that they refuse to pick up the phone to resolve. When they overcharge you by literally hundreds of dollars their piss poor customer service reps will cuss you out and hang up on you. Absolute worst company on the face of this earth. Every person who works here deserves to be in prison. Also how about you stop deleting reviews. Everyone knows how fucking crooked you people are already. read more

I live in a 2 bedroom apartment and pay my water bill to NES. They do a very good job and correct any issues I have. Thanks guys!

Where do I start? Zero customer service and quite possibly a racket. Water bill always around $50/month then all of a sudden shoots up to over $300 for 2 months in a row. I have emailed and called nonstop and after about a dozen attempts, I finally had someone speak to me. It will take them another 3 weeks at least to physically read the meter. I have never sued anyone in my life (I'm pretty much anti-lawsuits) and I am considering hiring a lawyer. This is the worst run company I have ever seen and I did not think anyone could top Comcast. This review probably won't be helpful due to the fact they hold a monopoly on who they provide water to. Its not like I can choose another water provider. read more

This company is horrible. They just charged me a water bill of $165.00 for March 2022. Up until then, I had normal water bills except one other time in September 2020 when I had a problem with this service and the last management of our complex who charging for services that were not included in the lease - irrigation. I have a track record of paying around $45.00-$55.00 for myself only for the last 7 years as one person living in an apartment. When I called National Exemption, they suggested it might be a leak. So, I contacted the city and also the apartment complex to check. The city checked with no leaks on their end. The apartment complex said that there were new meters and an 8% increase on water bills. When I called the city, they told us the meters had been placed in our apartment in 2020 and there was a 8% price increase but that happened in July 2021 so it ruled those explanations out as a possible reason for an increase. The apartment complex never returned our money to us (a family of four below me was also charged $165.00 and another single lady in a different building was forced to pay $165.00 as well) and made us pay the $165.00 or face financial penalties. I didn't have any internal leaks either. Last night, I just go charged an $80.00 water bill. Do NOT use this service. read more

Enrolled in ebill because they NEVER send my bill through the mail (so they can charge me late fees) and then i realized I wasn't getting the email to remind me of my bill being due either . So once again I was charged a late fee on behalf of THEM. Screw you guys. If I could change water companies I would in a heart beat. read more

I live in NJ our apartment changed their contract this year and we all tenants have to pay for our Utility bill every month. When I got my first bill I was shocked it cost $50 then $55 I'm like what the ???? The last apartment I rented was only less than $80 every 3 months for same bill. I found out that I missed the last month bill-they didn't send me bill card in which is like a post card it could've easily lost in the mail...until I got the late fee letter they charged me $15 as a result. I tried to email them since I am deaf I could not call directly, all I got was this is the bill blah blah, as if they did not read my email in fully detailed explaining that I didn't get the bill in the first place and had no idea whether it was monthly or every 3rd month bill. As for sewer/water bills-watch where you are living, some apartments do share with other tenants say if other tenants in same apartment building are using more water/sewer than you, you end up paying for their share...make sure you ask your superintendent for more info...I don't understand since I live in NJ we pay our bills to FL company doesn't make sense... read more

I've tried to work with this company to help them fix issues but they clearly don't seem to care. So disappointed with their billing, tactics, ethics, etc...Really wish my apartment complex didn't just take the billing payments into their hands but the entire account out of NES' hands. There's a reason so many things haven't been going right for so long. Why should I, as a customer have to prove my meter (usage & number) & take pictures for months now, to track everything? Since after so long they TOLD me to track it on my own & I started to but that wasn't enough, I need SOLID proof! Didn't even matter that I'm disabled & mainly bed bound, can't even possibly use some of the numbers they were coming up with!!! Why should I also know that what they've told me & how they're waiting for some other water company to send information is totally wrong...that information goes straight to their company & not from a totally different water company! I've watched our maintenance guy call & speak directly to NES about my meter, run water to see how many gallons showed on their end. Naturally this just happened to be 2 weeks after they replaced the meters outside...hmmm, sure finally my meter was reading "usage" correct however didn't help for all the months of major overage payments I already paid though! Why do I know all of this & then some? Proof after proof...& this is after I tried to help them for over a year, thinking they would be honest at the end of it all! Very sad & yet they are still causing issues. I get e-bills but yet I have gotten so many different stories about why those bills from water usage of 2 months prior & rent that is always the same are taking so long. It's time for me to speak out about this company b/c my community complaining caused an audit but didn't seem to make NES straighten up. read more

they lie and cheat you. period. incompetent customer service and outdated billing system. never received a bill. they fraudulently increase your bill and add late fees but don't send a bill until after you call multiple times. 9/14/18 update - i continue to receive late fees on top of late fees even when i timely pay my bill in full, even though i was told the late fee would be removed. they are complete crooks and liars. i was promised through the better business bureau that they would correct this, however they charged me double the fees and have completely made a mockery out of a simple situation read more

If I could give them 0 stars, I would!!! This is the worst company I had to deal with so far! If you can avoid dealing with the National Exemption Services, please do! This company does everything possible to rip you off. I am forced to deal with them by the apartment complex I live in, and, unfortunately, there is nothing I can do to change that. So far, I've received five bills from them - three paper and two electronic. All three paper bills came between the 28th and 31st of the month with the due date on the first of the next month!!! Of course, if the payment is late, they charge Late Fee of $15! So, with three past due bills, I had to call them three times and every time they would "correct" my bill and tell me that they are going to put the note on my account about me receiving the bill late only to charge me $15 on the next one. The ONLY bill that came on-time was ONE of the electronic bills. The second electronic bill arrived after I had called the company wondering where my bill was. After receiving the bill (electronic) on-time, I've notice it to be incorrect (no surprise here!) again! This time, instead of late fee, I had two sewer charges. If you cannot avoid dealing with them, please pay attention to the numbers. I still wonder, how they calculate the charges! Example: 202 GL: water - $23.21 sewer - $10.72; 3,952 GL: water - $34.66 sewer - $20.67; 2,300 GL: water - $29.22 sewer - $15.21; 4,000 GL: water - $22.95 sewer - $20.88; 1,370 GL: water - $26.34 sewer - $13.41! Do you see the pattern? I don't! Also, some of the representatives are very rude and if they cannot (or don't want to) answer your question, they just put you on hold and wait for you to hang up, which you eventually (the longest I waited before hanging up was 20 minutes) will do... read more