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Budget Billing Plan
With Budget Billing (formerly the Average Payment Plan), you average payments for your winter and summer electric bills over the year. Not only will your budgeting be easier, but your individual bills won't be as big when they're spread throughout the year. It's easy to qualify and you can leave the plan at any time. There are no income guidelines and no extra charges. Plus, it doesn't matter whether you have electric or non-electric heat.

You qualify for the plan if you are a Seattle City Light residential customer (homeowner or renter) or a small general service customer and your account balance is zero. If you are an established residential customer but at a new service address, we will use either your prior year's billing history or the prior year's billing history for the previous customer at the service address. (Exception: if the new service address is new construction, we will need your prior year's billing history.) If you are a small commercial customer, we will need at least one prior year of your own billing history to put you on the Budget Billing Plan.

To qualified customers with limited incomes, we also offer discounted utility rates and special assistance. Different guidelines apply and you may be eligible for more than one program.

You can apply for the Budget Billing Plan by using our online Budget Billing Plan Form. To apply over the phone or for more information, please call 206.684.3345 or 206.684.3000.

Download a printer-friendly version of our brochure: Budget Billing for Residential and Small Business (General Service) Customers This file is in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format, and requires Acrobat Reader for viewing, downloadable from adobe.com: Get Acrobat Reader This link goes to a site which is not hosted on the CityofSeattle.net


Related information is available on these sites:

  Assistance Programs
      A list of programs which offer assistance with affording your electric bills. 
  Budget Billing Plan Form
      Apply on line for the Budget Billing Plan. 
  Help With My Bill
      Seattle City Light bill help - interpreting your bill, payment assistance, general billing info, tips 
  Payment Options
      A list of available methods to pay your electric bill. 
 
 
 
 
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