Take on your bills one at a time

June Kettering

Many power companies, states and counties, and some phone carriers, have plans that can make a bill easier to handle. Many of them only start when you ask. We show you what each plan is called, which office runs it, and what to keep on paper.

Start with any one of four bills

Electric and gas

Payment plans, budget billing, medical letters and winter shutoff rules. Read the electric and gas section

Water and sewer

Payment plans, hardship help and leak adjustments from your water company or city. Read the water and sewer section

Phone and internet

Lifeline, the federal discount on phone or internet service. Read the phone and internet section

Property tax

Exemptions, freezes and other relief that homeowners can ask their county about. Read the property tax section

Not sure where to begin?

The Bill Season Planner asks two things: which bill, and which month. Then it lists what people often ask about at that time of year. Open the Bill Season Planner

What we are, and what we are not

Benefits For Bills is an independent guide. We are not a utility, a phone company, a government office or a public program. We don't bargain with anyone over your bill, and we don't take applications. Only your utility, your state or your county can say yes or no.