Efficiency PAYS® How On‐Bill can benefit Utilities and their Customers
The Efficiency PAYS® system gives utilities a way to offer customers a simple and attractive path to install money‐saving energy‐ and water‐based technologies with no up‐front cost. Participating customers pay for measures through a monthly tariffed surcharge attached to their meter, with the assurance that their savings will exceed their charge.
With PAYS, utilities can rapidly increase customer participation in resource efficiency programs with minimal cost and risk to the utility. PAYS can help utilities: Serve all types of customers (single and multi‐family, commercial, and municipal) Increase program effectiveness to meet or exceed program goals Free up existing rebate funds so they can be used for more strategic purposes