budget billing plan

Information and Forms

Enroll in Budget Billing and eliminate big swings in your electric bills by averaging your energy costs over 12 months.

How Budget Billing Works

SESD will average your home energy costs within the last 12 months to arrive at your monthly "budget payment amount".

Your meter will still be read monthly and your bills will show your actual energy costs, but you will be asked to pay only your budget payment amount.

The monthly budget payment will be reviewed once a year on a calendar basis and revised if necessary.  You will be notified if there should be a revised amount required.  The account balance must be brought current by June 20th of each year to continue on the BUDGET BILLING PLAN for the next year.

Residential consumers with at least 12 months of electric use history and a good payment records are eligible to participate. In order to qualify for the Budget Billing Plan, the account must have a zero balance at the time of entering into the agreement.

Continued participation in this program requires that payments be made on time each month.

direct pay

Information and Forms

Use our Direct Pay plan to have your electric bill paid

• automatically
• on time every month

Just pre-authorize automatic transfer of payment from your bank account to SESD. Set up your SESD Direct Pay account once and your bill will be paid automatically each month.

Benefits

With Direct Pay, you

• avoid late or missed payments
• know when the payment will be transferred from your bank account
• still receive a monthly statement for review and record keeping
• save time, postage, and checks

Questions about a bill

If you have questions about a bill, call the customer service phone number located on your bill, or visit our Contact Us page.

What happens if your account has insufficient funds

If there are insufficient funds in your bank account on the withdrawal date, your bank will return the automatic payment. Then, just like having a check returned for insufficient funds, both your bank and SESD may charge you a service fee.