Why make future-scheduling payments the default option? Every other app or electronic bill payment option with any other company sets the current day or next day as the default date when making a payment. This inconsistency with the norm makes no sense. When I use other apps or online bill payments, I don’t have to take extra steps unless I want to defer my payment to a future date. Here, when I just want to pay my bill now, I have to take extra steps to change the date to now.
Also, if there is an issue with the payment method (such as the wrong card expiration date in my case), you are not informed that it is declined right away. You receive a confirmation number as if it has been successfully processed, and have to follow up later to confirm if it went through.
The whole point of ComEd is to make it convenient to review and pay your bill quickly. By today’s standards, ComEd does not yet fully achieve that goal.