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Monday, August 17, 2009

eBill is Just Too Easy

Day by day, the world is moving to electronic billing. Some people choose it to save a stamp, others choose it to save a tree, and a large group of people choose it for the convenience. Whatever your reason, electronic billing is definitely green.

According to PayitGreen.org

If 20 percent of households (22,876,800 households) were to switch to electronic bills, statements, and payments, every year the collective impact would:
  • Save 150,939,615 pounds of paper
  • Save 1,811,275 trees
  • Avoid creating 1,439,601,370 gallons of wastewater
  • Avoid creating enough wastewater to fill 2,180 Olympic-size swimming pools
  • Avoid filling 8,597,328 household garbage bags with waste
  • Avoid filling 6,141 garbage trucks with waste
  • Avoid using 102,945,600 gallons of gasoline to mail bills, statements and payments
  • Avoid producing 3,920,802,916 pounds (1,960,402 tons) of greenhouse gas emissions
Right now, our eBill team has a promotion I want to spotlight:
  • Easy (View your bill online)
  • Easier (View your bill online + Bank Draft)
  • Easiest (View your bill online + Bank Draft + Budget Billing)
I chose to do the Easiest option which is fantastic and extremely easy (which is great for me!). I pay the same amount each month (which helps me budget), my payment automatically comes out at the same time each month, and I have one less piece of mail to sort and deal with when I sit down to pay bills.

I encourage you to check out the eBill solutions for Dominion and other bills you might have.

3 comments:

Jillian Frye said...

Getting ebills is probably the easiest way to cut down on our paper consumption, but it's also the easiest way to pay your bills. It saves a stamp, a trip to the post office, and you don't ever have to worry about paying a late fee thanks to automatic payments. Many companies actually give their customers a discount for turning off their paper statements.

Mary Ann said...

I just promoted your eBills program on my blog at http://easygreener.blogspot.com

I can't believe that so many folks are still paranoid about doing this simple activity.

Stan said...

I think this is a fantastic idea, except that instead of passing on or sharing the finacial savings that goes with it to the consumer, the companies remain greedy and discourage its use.