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Make paying your monthly electric bill easy, affordable, and hassle-free with our simple solutions.

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Auto Pay

Easy and automatic payments every month from the bank account or credit/debit card of your choice

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Pay Your Bill in the Free, Account Management App

Manage your energy use

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Online Account

Sign into your PVREA account to make or set up payments

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Quick Pay

Make payments to bills or W/Os without an online account

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By Phone

Call us anytime and select Option 2

1.800.432.1012
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PVREA Dropbox

Leave check payments in our secure dropbox

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By Mail

Send your payments to the return address listed on your payment stub

PO BOX 698, Fort Collins, CO 80522

How To Pay Your Monthly Electric Bill

Traditional Billing

Our most common way to pay

Signing up for a traditional electric rate is what most of our members do. Your bill is rendered monthly after your use of our electric service.

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Enroll in paperless billing to get notified when your bill is ready to avoid late payments and fees. Set up automatic payments from a checking or savings account, or use a debit or credit card to make your paying your bill hassle-free each month.

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Time-of-Use electric rates

Ideal for anyone who can shift energy use to times of day when energy demand and energy prices are low. Do you have a smart thermostat, smart electric appliances, or an EV?

  • On Peak: 4pm – 10pm
  • Off Peak: 10pm – 4pm
  • Excludes Sundays and holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor
    Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day

Current members sign up here.

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Automatic Payments

PAYING YOUR MONTHLY ELECTRIC BILL JUST GOT SIMPLE

Use Auto Pay to schedule your automatic, recurring monthly payment. Avoid delays from the mail that could cause unnecessary late fees. Remove the hassle of remembering to pay.

Use your preferred checking or savings account, or a debit or credit card.

To sign up, click AutoPay in your application.

Current members sign up here.

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Pay As You Go (Prepaid)

Prepaid Billing

Pay for electricity as you use it. Requires an initial payment of $50. Then daily energy consumption is calculated and deducted from the credit balance available in your account.

When the funds run low, notifications are sent by text or email. If the account fails to obtain a credit balance, service goes off at noon on the day the credit balance is depleted. To restore service, a payment of at least $5 must be made.

  • You decide when and how much to pay
  • No deposit
  • No late fees
  • No disconnect or reconnect fees
  • Energy use information at your fingertips

To sign up, click Pay As You Go in your application.

Current members sign up here.

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Levelized Billing

Take the shock out of high bills

This billing options averages your amount due each month based on your previous electric use.

A rolling average method is used so your bill amount will vary from month to month, but you never have a settle-up or surprise month.

Current members sign up here.

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Budget Billing

Sign up for a set, budgeted payment amount

Set the average monthly bill cost as your amount due. Know what you’re going to pay every month.

Members are eligible if:

  • You have a platinum credit rating
  • Have been a PVREA member for at least 1 year
  • Your account is at a $0 balance
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  • Traditional Billing

    Traditional Billing

    Our most common way to pay

    Signing up for a traditional electric rate is what most of our members do. Your bill is rendered monthly after your use of our electric service.

    add ons

    Enroll in paperless billing to get notified when your bill is ready to avoid late payments and fees. Set up automatic payments from a checking or savings account, or use a debit or credit card to make your paying your bill hassle-free each month.

    Start Traditional Service Stroke 1
  • Watch the Clock

    Watch the Clock

    Time-of-Use electric rates

    Ideal for anyone who can shift energy use to times of day when energy demand and energy prices are low. Do you have a smart thermostat, smart electric appliances, or an EV?

    • On Peak: 4pm – 10pm
    • Off Peak: 10pm – 4pm
    • Excludes Sundays and holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor
      Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day

    Current members sign up here.

    New Member Sign Up Stroke 1
  • Automatic Payments

    Automatic Payments

    PAYING YOUR MONTHLY ELECTRIC BILL JUST GOT SIMPLE

    Use Auto Pay to schedule your automatic, recurring monthly payment. Avoid delays from the mail that could cause unnecessary late fees. Remove the hassle of remembering to pay.

    Use your preferred checking or savings account, or a debit or credit card.

    To sign up, click AutoPay in your application.

    Current members sign up here.

    New Member Sign Up Stroke 1
  • Pay As You Go (Prepaid)

    Pay As You Go (Prepaid)

    Prepaid Billing

    Pay for electricity as you use it. Requires an initial payment of $50. Then daily energy consumption is calculated and deducted from the credit balance available in your account.

    When the funds run low, notifications are sent by text or email. If the account fails to obtain a credit balance, service goes off at noon on the day the credit balance is depleted. To restore service, a payment of at least $5 must be made.

    • You decide when and how much to pay
    • No deposit
    • No late fees
    • No disconnect or reconnect fees
    • Energy use information at your fingertips

    To sign up, click Pay As You Go in your application.

    Current members sign up here.

    New Member Sign Up Stroke 1
  • Levelized Billing

    Levelized Billing

    Take the shock out of high bills

    This billing options averages your amount due each month based on your previous electric use.

    A rolling average method is used so your bill amount will vary from month to month, but you never have a settle-up or surprise month.

    Current members sign up here.

    New Member Sign Up Stroke 1
  • Budget Billing

    Budget Billing

    Sign up for a set, budgeted payment amount

    Set the average monthly bill cost as your amount due. Know what you’re going to pay every month.

    Members are eligible if:

    • You have a platinum credit rating
    • Have been a PVREA member for at least 1 year
    • Your account is at a $0 balance
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Go Paperless

To receive your bill via email or text:

  1. Log into your PVREA account to manage notification preferences.
  2. Navigate to ‘My Profile’ in the menu.
  3. Select ‘My Information’.
  4. On the left-hand side of the page, select ‘Update My Printed Bill Setting’.
  5. Toggle your ‘Printed Bill Status’ to ‘Off’.
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Bill Pay Assistance

For members who are struggling or can’t make electric bill payments, we offer payment assistance and arrangement solutions.

There are also third-party programs and services to help.

Find resources to help mitigate the unknown during life’s difficult moments.

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Understanding Your Bill

We’ve redesigned our bill to make it easier to see important billing and usage info quick and easy.

See your monthly energy use across your past 12 months. Compare your usage to last month with our simple comparison chart. Or take a deep dive on the second page to see all current charges.

You can also view this information anytime, as well as sign up to receive notifications when your bill is ready, on our free mobile app.

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Answers to Common Questions

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Auto Pay

Recurring payments can make your life easy

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