Because changes in heating and cooling seasons can cause your electric bill to rise or fall, the Cooperative’s budget billing plan appeals to many members. The budget billing plan allows you to level out high and low periods on your monthly electric bill by paying a fixed, budgeted amount each month. 

The budget plans begin in May, with the first budget payment due in June, of each year and runs through April of the following year, with the reconciliation of the budget in May. You may apply for the budget billing plan beginning in May, as long as you have a 12-month billing history which has no past due balances. 

Your budget amount is generally determined by your monthly kilowatt-hour average for the previous 12 months. Each April, your monthly budget amount will be reviewed and adjusted if necessary. All budget accounts must be reconciled to a zero balance by the end of May to remain on the budget billing plan. 

All accounts are reviewed periodically throughout the year and are adjusted accordingly.