Online Bill Payment
Each month, around the 7th you should receive a billing statement. Your energy bill is due and payable when the statement is received. Final day to pay the net amount is the 20th of the month, unless the 20th falls on a weekend or holiday. In that case, it may be paid the following regular work day. Failure to receive a bill does not exempt you from monthly payment, late charges or disconnection. Please contact our office if you do not receive your bill.
Bills can be paid in person, by mail, automatically through your bank account, or electronically from this website. Payments are considered “received” when they get to our office. To learn more about the options available to you, click on any of the links to the right.
For billing and payment questions or to contact a Member Service Representative, call us at (309) 833-2101, or email us at memberservices@mcdonoughpower.com for more information.
Automated Bill Payments
We don’t want you to send us your money… we want your bank to do it! With your authorization, McDonough Power can have the amount of a monthly bill electronically transferred from your checking, savings or credit card account to our account. You’ll still receive a statement showing your monthly electric usage and charges, and the amount that is deducted from your account around the 15th of the month. You’ll never have to worry about missing the due date. This is also great if you’ll be away from home for extended periods!
- No more check writing…
- No more postage costs…
- No trips to our office…
- No bank charges…
- No wasted time!
To sign up for one of our automated bill payment options click on the appropriate link below to access our printable form.
Auto Draft Authorization Form
(Use this form to have your payment drafted from a checking or savings account)
Automatic Credit Card Draft Form
(Use this form to have your payment drafted from a credit card)
E-Payment
McDonough Power is pleased to announce the availability of bill payment over the Internet. With just a few clicks, you can see your electric bill right on your computer screen and make a payment.
With E-Bill, you can also view graphs of your electrical usage history, so you can compare how much electricity you are using from year to year. You can choose to pay with either a credit card or an e-check on your electric bill. Once the “submit” button is hit, payments cannot be cancelled. Please confirm the accuracy of information before submitting payment. All electronic transactions made from this web site are secure and private.
If you are making a payment by credit card, we gladly accept Visa and MasterCard.
Drive-Up Payment Box
McDonough Power has a conveniently located drive-up payment box in front of the co-op office at 1210 W. Jackson St. – Macomb. Drop your payment in the box 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Payments can be snail-mailed to us at McDonough Power, P.O. Box 352, Macomb, IL 61455-0352.. Please allow sufficient lead time (7-10 days).
Budget Billing
Budget billing is a service offered to those who wish to average their monthly bills throughout the year. Budget billing is available after twelve (12) consecutive paid bills from the same address, with no more than two (2) late payments. To determine a fixed monthly amount, we will average your past 12 month’s usage. Each June your account is “balanced out” – any overpayments will be credited and any underpayment will be added. Call our office for more details.
Pay By Phone
McDonough Power accepts credit cards, debit cards, and checks by phone. Don’t worry with the hassle of mailing your payment, or even driving to our office, just call (309) 833-2101 and a Member Service Representative will be glad to assist you.
Understanding Your Bill
Bill Type: Describes the type of bill such as Budget, Regular, Estimated, and Prorated, etc.
Demand: Demand is the amount of electricity you require at a given point in time.
Deposit: Assessed based on previous credit history and/or disconnection.
Due Date: Last day the bill can be paid before a late payment charge is assessed.
Facility Charge: A fixed monthly charge that reflects cost to have facilities in place and available for use. This monthly charge remains the same, regardless if electricity is used. The facility charge helps to cover the cost of billing, maintenance of electrical equipment and meters.
IL State Utility Tax: In accordance with Illinois Law, this tax is based on the number of kilowatt hours used.
Kilowatt-hour (kWh): Standard measurement for electricity. One KWh equals 1,000 watts of electricity used for one hour.
Map Location: Numbers and/or letters that indicate the metering point on McDonough Power Cooperative’s mapping system. May be used in reporting outages.
Meter Reading: Used to determine quantity of kilowatt-hours used for billing.
Multiplier: The meter is calibrated so that it takes X (use multiplier # here) pulses to register one kWh. Multipliers are usually put on services that are handling larger loads so that the meter is not constantly pulsing.
PPAC: It is the variable portion of your power rate. The cost of power that your cooperative purchases from its wholesale power supplier (PPI) fluctuates from month to month depending on the cost of fuel used to generate electricity.
Service Address: The address where the meter is located.
Billing Statement
Below is an example of your billing statement.
