Levelized Billing provides you with a way to guard
against large fluctuations in your monthly electric bill,
without ever having to play "catch-up" at the end of the year.
The program is designed to keep your electric bills affordable
every month of the year, as long as you remain on the plan.
Levelized Billing is the ideal way to accurately anticipate your
monthly electric bill, which makes budgeting easier for you.
Levelized Billing takes the worry and surprise out of opening
your monthly electric bill. With this simple program, your
monthly electric bill becomes a rolling average of your electric
usage for the most recent 12 months. For example, this month's
bill would be the average electric usage of the previous 11
months, plus the current month. Levelized Billing uses a
"rolling average" so your monthly bill will change only slightly
from month to month. By averaging your changes in usage over a
12-month period, your bill will remain fairly consistent, even
in very cold or hot months when usage may be unusually high. The
only time you have to reconcile your account is when you leave
the Tri-County Electric system, when you decide you no longer
want to participate in Levelized Billing or when you no longer
qualify for the program.
You can participate in Levelized Billing if you have an
acceptable credit history, you have been a member of Tri-County
Electric for one (1)consecutive year, at same location, and you
keep your Levelized Billing account current.
Levelized Billing is very different from Budget Billing. Because
a "rolling average" method is used, your amount due will vary
from month to month. Although Levelized Billing can help take
the shock out of your electric bill during extremely cold or hot
weather, your electric bill will not be the exact same amount
each month.
Levelized Billing is free for the members of Tri-County
Electric. There is no sign up fee or monthly service charges.
All that is required is that you keep your account current. In
order to keep your account up-to-date, you pay only the amount
due indicated on your bill. Paying more or less than the amount
indicated could cause confusion with your account. As long as
you stay current and pay only the amount indicated, your account
will remain in good standing. If you¹re interested in Levelized
Billing, simply
contact
your Tri-County Electric office.
The
Bank Draft Program from Tri-County Electric makes paying
your electric bill easier than ever. When you sign up for
Bank
Draft, Tri-County Electric will automatically draft your
checking account for the amount of your monthly electric bill.
You'll still receive monthly statements showing kilowatt-hour
usage and the amount due, but with
Bank
Draft, you won't have to write a check ever! And your
payments will be made on time, every time.
What Are The Benefits Of The
Bank
Draft Program?
With the
Bank
Draft Program, you'll never have to remember to pay your
bill. And since you'll receive a monthly statement, you can
easily keep track of what was drafted out of your account. You
won¹t have to write a check or pay for a stamp or remember to
take the envelope to the mail box. With everything else there is
to worry about, isn't it nice to have one thing you can cross
off your list?
