Levelized utility billing pursued by Seneca
Seneca utility officials are pursuing a system of levelized billing service for costumers. Levelized billing would be optional. The city’s utilities committee this morning approved Director Bob Faires’ request to make a recommendation to the city council. Averaging monthly bills avoids large swings. Light and water would use the amount that a customer would owe for the current month, add it to the previous 11 months, to determine an average utility cost. The average is considered a “rolling average” which means the bill will always be the average of the current month’s usage added to the previous 11 months.