Sign up for our Budget Billing Program and receive the security of knowing your power bill will be the same amount each month.
We will total your previous year’s usage, then divide that amount into 12 equal payments for the coming year. The budget billing plan runs from May through the following April.
It is easy to qualify for the program:
- You must be a residential member
- Must have lived in the same residence for the past year and
- Be current on your bill through this April.
To sign up, complete, sign, and return the budget billing application (PDF) to our office by April 24th. Your first budget payment will be reflected on your May bill.
How our program works:
At the end of April 2026, you will receive a letter indicating your monthly budgeted amount. You will begin paying this amount with your May statement. This amount will not change unless one of the following occurs:
- You request an increase or decrease in your monthly budgeted amount, and this adjustment is justified with your usage
- Your account is reviewed, and an increase or decrease is recommended.
- A rate increase occurs, in which case, rates will be adjusted accordingly, and you will be notified by mail.
In April 2027 you will receive a statement showing the actual account balance that is due. This is when we “true-up” accounts to a zero balance.
We recommend reviewing the actual account balance on your statement monthly. During the summer and early fall months, you should build credit on your account so that during the higher usage months, the credit is used to compensate your budgeted amount.
Note: Your monthly budget payment will remain the same each month, until true-up in April, at which point you will be billed for actual usage plus any balance not covered by your previous 11 months of payments. Should you have a credit left in April, no payment is required during true-up.
Frequently Asked Questions
This is located under the “Current Charges Summary” in the upper right corner of your statement.
The amount due indicates the budgeted amount to pay monthly, which may include any late charges and past due balances. The actual account balance indicates your account balance, if you were to request to be removed from the budget program, this would be the amount due. If there is a credit, the statement will read Credit Do Not Pay in the notes section.
Yes. This ensures the account does not become past due or receive late fees. Assistance payments can take 4 to 8 weeks to reach our office.
Yes. Although, if you make more than your scheduled monthly budget payment, our budget program automatically reduces the next payment by that overage amount. If over payment is made, contact our MSR team.