Understanding Utility Budget Billing with the City of Sullivan
•January 30, 2019•
By Ariana Cherry
for the News Progress
If you are on a limited income or prefer to stick to a monthly budget, signing up for budget billing on your utility bills can be helpful.
The city of Sullivan offers budget billing for utilities to its residents as a way to help budget monthly expenses.
“Signing up for budget billing is completely optional,” said city treasurer Sarah Golden. While budget billing can be quite helpful, at times it might be difficult to understand if you don’t know the basics or if temperatures turn out to be more extreme compared to the previous year.
Recently, a customer who receives utilities from the city of Sullivan questioned their bill, discovering the fluctuation. They have been on budget billing for the past five years so they were familiar with the process.
After studying a few bills, the individual realized the numbers seemed a bit higher than usual – even though the person believed their usage had not changed. The higher amounts reflected on the customer’s bill had caused some confusion.
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