Payment Services
Budget Billing
Very cold winters and hot, humid summers often lead to high monthly energy use. With our Budget Billing option, you can avoid seasonal peaks in your electric and/or natural gas bills by dividing your payments evenly over the course of the entire year. This plan makes it easier for you to budget and pay your energy bill each month, because you know your regular payment amount.
Budget Billing has 11 "budget" months and one "settlement" month each year. During each budget month, your bill will include the "budget installment" that is due before the "late payment" date listed on your bill. (This budget installment amount is established based on past energy usage patterns at your service location.) Your bill will also show the amount of your actual energy use for that month and your current "budget balance." Periodically, we review your budget installment amount and, if necessary, recalculate it based on your actual (lower or higher) energy use.
The amount you owe in the settlement month will include your actual energy costs for that month, as well as the difference (plus or minus) between the amount you paid during the previous 11 budget months and the amount of energy used during those months.
To qualify for budget billing your account balance must be current and your account must have 12 months of usage history.
To take advantage of Budget Billing, simply complete and electronically submit the form below.
Request For Budget Billing
By completing and submitting this form, I am requesting that my account be placed on Delmarva’s Budget Billing plan:
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