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Budget Billing lets you even out the seasonal highs and lows of your energy bills so your payment will be about the same every month. More predictable bills make it easier to plan ahead. See what your monthly payment would be if you enrolled in Budget Billing today.
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Enroll in both Budget Billing and AutoPay for easy bill management. You’ll be able to anticipate the amount of your automatic withdrawal and know your payment will always be on time.
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Frequently asked questions
After we look at your recent energy bills, we'll average them to determine your monthly Budget Billing payment. Having three months or more of billing history will help us calculate a more accurate monthly payment.
If your energy usage pattern changes over time, your payment may need to be adjusted higher or lower to cover the cost of your actual usage, but not more than once a quarter. Changes that can affect your usage could be attributed to weather or even major changes in energy usage like a new pool or older A/C unit.
The difference between your Budget Billing payments and the actual cost of your usage over time is called your settle-up balance. You can find both your actual cost of usage and you settle-up balance (debit or credit) on your monthly bill. If you decide to unenroll in Budget Billing, any debit balance will be due on your next bill or any credit balance will be applied to your account.
Not necessarily, if your actual bills become higher than your Budget Billing payments, you could build a settle-up debit balance. If the debit balance gets too large, that’s when your average monthly payment, or Budget Billing amount, will be increased. This will not occur more than once a quarter.
No. The benefit of Budget Billing is even payments throughout the year. The credit you have now will be used to offset the typically higher amount you are billed in the summer months.
Your account will incur the usual late fee. After three late payments in a 12-month period, you will be unenrolled in Budget Billing and your account will be settled up. Any settle-up debit balance will become due on your next bill, or any credit balance will be applied to your account.
Budget Billing is not a rate plan. It’s a convenient billing program that averages your past energy bills so you pay about the same amount year-round for your energy use. To keep your Budget Billing payment from changing, you can monitor your actual usage and costs through your monthly bills or your aps.com account.