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2/9/2010

Levelized Evens Out Your Electric Bills

 

What is Levelized Billing?
Levelized billing is a rolling average of your most recent 12 months’ bills and varies by only a few dollars each month. It differs from the old Budget Billing billing program, which used the same payment amount each month based on your last 12 bills. Once a year, a settle up amount had to be calculated to factor in weather fluctuations and other changes. Levelized billing eliminates the settle up month because it is a constant rolling average of your electric bill. 
 
The chart below is ane example of converting a bill from regular billing to levelized billing.
 
 
Month        KWH               KWH               Regular                                    
                  Reading            Billing               Billing              
06/07         1700                1700                $155.07
07/07         1680                1680                 153.36
08/07         1820                1820                 165.35
09/07         1840                1840                 167.06
10/07         1240                1240                 115.68
11/07         1700                1700                 155.07
12/07         3180                3180                 281.80
01/08         2880                2880                 256.11
02/08         2800                2800                 249.26
03/08         2480                2480                 221.86
04/08         1840                1840                 183.59
05/08         1300                1300                 184.01
 
KWH                       KWH
USED        24,460   BILLED 24,460        $2,288.22
 
(Member converts to Levelized Billing program)
Month        KWH               KWH 12-mth.      Levelized                                 
                  Reading            Average           Billing              
06/08         1440                2017                $182.22
07/08         1420                1995                 180.33
08/08         1500                1968                 178.02
09/08         1560                1945                 176.05
10/08         1100                1933                 175.02
11/08         1740                1937                 175.37
12/08         3100                1930                 174.77
01/09         3240                1960                 177.33
02/09         2760                1957                 177.08
03/09         2440                1953                 176.73
04/09         1760                1947                 175.58
05/09         1400                1955                 176.91
 
KWH                       KWH
USED        23,460   BILLED 23,490        $2,125.44*
*Credit of 30 KWH on levelized billing
 
For more information, call 1 800-262-7480. To sign up for levelized billing, click on the link below to print out the form, sign it and mail to - Jackson Energy, 115 Jackson Energy Lane, McKee, KY  40447.
 
 

Download Levelized Billing Sign-Up Form

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