Budget Payment Plans

The 12-month budget plan offers payment dates on the 1st or 15th each month.

First, we estimate your total yearly cost. Then we divide it by the number of payments you'll be making during the 12-month budget season. Each of your 12 payments will be about the same from one month to the next. 

Budget Billing Service payments are made through pre-authorized bank or credit card accounts. They are paid on the 1st and/or 15th of the month.

Your budget payment includes your oil, furnace equipment service plan (if you have one) and propane but they do not include equipment sales, leases or rentals.

We do our very best to estimate how much it will cost to heat your home over the next year but weather, home renovations, oil and propane prices and other factors that we cannot control could impact the actual cost. As a precaution, we’ll analyze your account mid-way through the winter and contact you if we recommend adjusting your payment.

Statements are issued monthly.

An amount due may simply represent the cost of one month’s equipment lease or rental that is about to be processed via a pre-authorized payment but isn't yet reflected on the statement. For example, the January lease may appear as an amount due on the January bill even though it will be automatically paid in February. Therefore, if your lease is set up for pre-authorized payment, do not pay this amount due.

An amount due can also be the result of charges not covered in your budget plan such as equipment purchases, burner service work and missed payments. All of these amounts are payable. Please look at the fine print and contact us if you're not 100% sure.

The account balance is not payable. It is meant to show you the running balance of total payments and total charges at any point in the season. Ideally, total payments for that period will be about the same as total actual charges by the end of the budget season—with the difference reflected in the account balance. In contrast, the amount due is payable unless your lease is set up for pre-authorized payment or you have charges not covered in your budget plan (see previous FAQ for details).

During the summer of each year, we will contact you with an estimate of your monthly payment amount for the following budget season. There is no need to contact us to re-approve pre-authorized payments—the new amount will automatically be deducted from your bank or credit card account beginning each September.