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High Bill

Concerns

Your Electric Usage

Electric usage varies from day to day and month to month. Your daily habits, the weather, and the time of year all can be factors. Before contacting San Isabel Electric about your high bill concerns, please consideration as potential explanations.

 

POSSIBLE REASONS FOR A HIGH BILL:
    • Longer billing cycle – How many billing days are on your current bill? The number of billing days should be similar from bill to bill, but can fluctuate a day or two. The number of days in your billing cycle is listed on your bill.
    • Seasonal and weather changes – Changes in the weather often have a direct effect on how much electricity. Bills are generally higher during the winter months. This is because we use more energy for home heating. There are fewer daylight hours, which leads to using lighting more.
    • Adding new appliances – Did you buy any new appliances? Or are you using tool smore frequently? Electrical appliances such as tools, pumps, additional refrigerators or freezers, or anything with an electric motor will affect how much electricity you use.
    • Time spent at home/lifestyle changes – Lifestyle changes can also have a drastic effect on electric bills. For example, kids returning home, or friends or relatives staying with you can use more electricity. If the number of people living in your home increases, your energy use can go up. Therefore, more people means more showers, cooking and laundry, and the need to use more electricity.
    • Meter malfunction – Meter malfunction is rarely the cause of a high electric bill. In fact, by using our energy management tool, SmartHub, to track their hourly and daily consumption, members can often pinpoint what is impacting their electric bill.

Pay with our prepaid program

San Isabel Electric’s prepaid program allows you to pay on your own schedule. No deposit is required. With prepaid, you have the ability to monitor electric usage and your account balance. Prepay for your electricity and save money!

Does your meter qualify?

 

San Isabel Electric’s prepaid program is available only for our residential members with qualifying meters and do not make use of the off-peak rates offered to those with ETS units.

Questions? Call us today at 1-800-279-7432 if you need further information on whether or not you qualify.

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San Isabel Electric is committed to helping members manager their energy usage. We have several programs and products to help member-owners save time, energy and money.

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Colorado Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (Leap)

LEAP is a federally funded program that helps eligible hard-working Colorado families, seniors and individuals pay a portion of their winter home heating costs. LEAP works to keep communities warm during the winter (November – April) by providing assistance with heating costs, equipment repair, and/or replacement of inoperable heating tools. While the program is not intended to pay the entire cost of home heating, LEAP aims to help alleviate some of the burdens that come with Colorado’s colder months.

For more information call 1-866-HEAT-HELP (1-866-432-8435) toll free or click here to visit the LEAP website.

 

Colorado Energy Office Weatherization Program

Energy costs weigh heavily on low-income households. Pueblo County’s Weatherization Department works with the Colorado’s Energy Office Weatherization (CEO) Program to improve the energy efficiency of all residential structures throughout Colorado.  The CEO program provides energy upgrades to income-qualified homes to help keep energy costs low. Eligibility to participate in the CEO Program depends on income-level.

To find out if you or someone you know is eligible, contact Pueblo County’s Weatherization Department Sherri Reynolds at (719) 583-6315, or call 1-866-HEAT-HELP (1-866-432-8435) toll-free. Click here for more information about the Weatherization program.