换费率计划到底能省多少？
对用电集中在傍晚的家庭，从不匹配的分时计划换走通常能省 10–25%，用量完全不变。省多少取决于你什么时候用电，而不是用了多少。
账单降费指南
如何降低公用事业账单
多数家庭多付钱，不是因为用得多，而是因为用错了费率计划。在下方选择你的供应商，查看该公司实际提供的计划和补助；也可以先看普遍适用的几个抓手。
真正能压低账单的几个抓手
- 1确认费率计划是否选对——分时、阶梯、固定三种计划，在相同用量下一年可能相差数百美元。供应商很少主动帮你换到更便宜的那个。
- 2把符合条件的补助全部申请下来——低收入补助、医疗基线用量、老年折扣、房屋保温改造项目，符合条件却从未申领的家庭非常多。
- 3改的是计费方式，不只是用量——均摊计费让账单平滑，却掩盖了年终补差的冲击；估算抄表会虚增某些月份，而你未必拿得回补偿。尽可能改用实际抄表。
- 4把用电挪到费率便宜的时段——在分时计划下，把洗衣、电动车充电、洗碗挪出高峰时段，不改变生活方式也能降费。
- 5核查账单里本不该出现的收费——因为算错而变高的账单，属于申诉范畴，不是省钱课题。
按供应商查看降费指南
每份指南涵盖该供应商实际提供的费率计划、补助项目和计费选项。
电费
Alabama Power
Most of Alabama (excluding Tennessee Valley Authority territory)
Arizona Public Service
Most of Arizona (excluding Tucson metro and some rural areas)
Austin Energy
City of Austin and surrounding areas
ComEd
Northern Illinois including Chicagoland
Duke Energy
North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky
El Paso Electric
West Texas and Southern New Mexico
Entergy
Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas
Florida Power and Light
Most of Florida (eastern and southern regions)
Georgia Power
Most of Georgia (outside of some municipal utility territories)
LADWP
City of Los Angeles
Mississippi Power
Southern Mississippi (22 counties)
NV Energy
Nevada (Northern Nevada: Sierra Pacific Power; Southern Nevada: Nevada Power)
Oncor
North Texas including Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex
Pacific Power
Oregon, Washington, California (northeastern), Wyoming, Utah, Idaho
Portland General Electric
Northwestern Oregon including Portland metro
PPL Electric
Eastern and Central Pennsylvania
Salt River Project
Metropolitan Phoenix area and parts of Central Arizona
Southern California Edison
Southern California (excluding City of LA and some coastal communities)
电气费
Ameren
Illinois and Missouri
Con Edison
New York City and Westchester County, NY
Consumers Energy
Lower Peninsula of Michigan
CPS Energy
San Antonio, Texas and surrounding Bexar County
Delmarva Power
Delaware and Maryland's Eastern Shore
Dominion Energy
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Utah, Ohio, West Virginia
Eversource Energy
Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire
LG&E and KU
Kentucky (Louisville Gas and Electric serves Louisville; Kentucky Utilities serves rest of state)
National Grid
Upstate New York, Long Island, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Pacific Gas and Electric
Northern and Central California
PECO Energy
Southeastern Pennsylvania including Philadelphia metro
PSEG
Northern and Central New Jersey
Puget Sound Energy
Western and Central Washington State
Xcel Energy
Colorado, Minnesota, Texas, New Mexico, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota
燃气费
Atmos Energy
Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Colorado, Kansas
CenterPoint Energy
Texas, Minnesota, Louisiana, Indiana, Ohio, Mississippi, Arkansas
Columbia Gas
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland (NiSource subsidiary)
National Fuel Gas
Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania
Questar Gas
Utah, southwestern Wyoming, and southeastern Idaho (now Dominion Energy Utah)
Southern California Gas
Southern California (second-largest gas distribution utility in the US)
Southwest Gas
Nevada, Arizona, and portions of California
Spire
Missouri, Alabama, and Mississippi
常见问题
均摊计费值得选吗？
它让账单可预测，但不减少你实际欠的钱——差额会累积，最后以年终补差的形式落下，有时高达数百美元。它解决的是现金流，不是成本。
用量没变，账单为什么涨了？
常见原因有五个：费率上调、跨过了阶梯门槛、实际抄表被估算抄表替代、折扣悄悄到期、新增了附加费。只要知道看哪里，这五种都能在账单本身上看出来。
补助项目很难申请吗？
比多数人以为的容易。LIHEAP 和各州补助的收入门槛在很多州都明显高于贫困线，医疗基线项目通常只需要一份医生证明。
BillGuard 仅提供信息性分析，不构成财务或法律意见。补助资格与费率选项由供应商和所在州监管机构确定。