Press 1 then 0. Use this number if your number is from outside of their service area. · For an electric outage, gas leak, or steam emergency, press 1. If you're calling to verify a field employee's credentials, press 2. To manage an existing account, press 3. To open an account, press 4.
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How do I get through the phone menu to a real live person?
GetHuman researchers routinely call this Con Edison phone number to document the phone system.
Here is our latest tip for weaving through the phone menu to get to a real person the fastest:Press 1 for English, then press 0 at the first menu, next press 1.
Here is how our research team describes the way the Con Edison phone system greets you: For an electric outage, gas leak, or steam emergency, press 1. If you're calling to verify a field employee's credentials, press 2. To manage an existing account, press 3. To open an account, press 4.
Below are some clips we've found from Con Edison's phone menus and tips that help give an idea of what you will encounter when you call. We've highlighted why they are important as well:
Heard when the phone system first answers
"Good afternoon. Thank you for calling Con Edison For service in English, press one.
Please listen to the following as our menu options have changed.
If you have an electric outage, gas leak, steam emergency, or a hazardous condition, please press one."
Excerpt from a call with Con Edison
Monday, January 15, 2024 5:42 PM
What are the hours and when should I call?
Con Edison operates the call center for this 800-752-6633 phone number 24 hours, 7 days.The short answer is that you should call on a Thursday.This observation and the following section are based on analysis of a sample set of 398 calls made in the last 90 days using our free, web-based phone (see above).
An important note: busy times vs hold times vs best time to call
When we refer to busy or less busy times, we are talking about the volume of calls. The busiest times are when the most people are calling this Con Edison phone number (least busy times have fewer people calling). This high call volume does not necessarily mean that you will have a long hold time when you call. Companies like Con Edison staff their call centers differently based on the time of day and day of the week, so you may experience a shorter wait on hold at the busiest of times. When we refer to the best time to call, we are referring to the optimal combination of lower call volume and shorter wait times.
The least busy time to call
The least busy day to call Con Edison is Sunday.The most busy day to call is Monday, which averages 540% more phone calls by comparison.Again, this is based on a sample of 398 calls made with our AI-powered, web-based phone in the last 90 days.
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The shortest wait on hold
We measured the shortest hold times to be on Thursday.The longest wait in the queue on average occurs on Tuesday.
The best time to call
In summation, the best day to call Con Edison is Thursday.It isn't the least busy day, but the fact that hold times are shortest combined with it being on the busy side tells us that Con Edison staffs up on Thursday to handle the higher call volume, and that makes it the best time to call.
Why call this Con Edison number?
Below is a sample of recent calls to Con Edison, and their purpose. Are any of these similar to the reason you are trying to call?
Closing accounts for new tenants: "I'm calling to make sure that two of my accounts are closed because I have new tenants moving into these apartments."
- From a call lasting 5m 20s , Apr 6, 2024 1:13 PM
Verifying location: "I'm currently located down below."
- From a call lasting 13m 35s , Mar 20, 2024 12:46 PM
Investigating past due bill: "I just got an alert of a past due bill for my rental property and I'm trying to figure out why."
- From a call lasting 6m 53s , Mar 19, 2024 2:11 PM
Address update request: "I was moved to a new location, can I give you the address?"
- From a call lasting 8m 8s , Mar 8, 2024 8:25 PM
Account bill not received: "I opened the account a month or two months ago, but I have not received any bills yet."
- From a call lasting 5m , Mar 8, 2024 8:20 PM
Account billing discrepancy: "I've been paying on my own account, but the previous account keeps accumulating balance."
- From a call lasting 80m 26s , Mar 6, 2024 12:21 AM
High gas bill query: "My gas bill increased five times, but my usage didn't change, so I want to change my old gas meter to see if that's causing the issue."
- From a call lasting 41m 47s , Mar 1, 2024 2:06 PM
Power outage in apartment: "I have tried to reach a landlord because half of my apartment has no lights."
- From a call lasting 5m 11s , Feb 27, 2024 9:16 PM
Power outage in Brooklyn: "The lights went out at my home in Brooklyn and we've had no light all day."
- From a call lasting 6m 28s , Feb 18, 2024 2:36 AM
Setting up billing at new address: "I'm just trying to set up billing at a new address and verify since I didn't get a confirmation email."
- From a call lasting 5m 58s , Feb 14, 2024 4:58 PM
More Ways to Contact Con Edison Customer Service
There are of course other ways to contact Con Edison customer service besides the phone. Below we list the best ones, by medium.
As a last, sometimes only, resort- Con Edison customer service can be accessed through their website. This can entail digging through help articles before finding a form and "being allowed" to submit a problem to their team, and rarely leads to a real-time conversation, which is why GetHuman does not recommend this unless it's the only way.
Conclusion and closing notes
This is Con Edison's best phone number, the real-time current wait on hold and tools for skipping right through those phone lines to get right to a Con Edison agent. This phone number is Con Edison's best phone number because 23,460 customers like you used this contact information over the last 18 months and gave us feedback. Common problems addressed by the customer care unit that answers calls to 800-752-6633 include Setup Service, Cancel Service, Setup Payment Arrangement, Meter Reading, Overcharge on Account and other customer service issues. The Con Edison call center that you call into has employees from Covington, KY / Honduras and is open 24 hours, 7 days according to customers. In total, Con Edison has 3 phone numbers. It's not always clear what is the best way to talk to Con Edison representatives, so we started compiling this information built from suggestions from the customer community. Please keep sharing your experiences so we can continue to improve this free resource.
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