To help you manage and budget for your energy costs, we offer a number of billing and payment options.

Automatic payment (Electronic Funds Transfer)
Pay your MGE energy bill automatically on the date it is due from your checking or savings account with EFT.

To sign up for:
Automatic Payment Service (Electronic Funds Transfer)

Check Payment
When you pay your MGE bill by check, you authorize us to process your check payment from your checking account electronically. This will shorten the time it takes to process your payment. Funds may be withdrawn from your checking account on the same day we receive your check.

Online payment
View and pay your MGE energy bill online. MGE has selected CheckFree, the Web's largest and most secure processor, to provide this service. Sign up to view or pay your MGE bill now. This service is free, easy and secure.

Pay by mail
For your convenience, we provide a return-payment envelope with your bill.

If you have misplaced your bill payment envelope, please send your payment and bill stub to:

Madison Gas and Electric Co.
P.O. Box 1231
Madison, WI 53701-1231

If you do not have your payment stub, please be sure to note on your check the name to whom the bill was sent and your eight-digit account number if you have it.

Pay in person
Make your bill payments at MGE's Madison office or our branch locations in Elroy, Prairie du Chien, or Viroqua. Or pay at several retail outlets where a $1.00 per transaction fee applies.

Pay by phone
To make your MGE payment by phone, call 1-800-526-5995 and pay using:

• Electronic check for a handling fee of $5.95.
• Credit card for a handling fee of $5.95 (maximum payment of $600.00 per transaction).

Budget Payment Plan
Our Residential Customers* can budget for your winter heating or summer cooling costs by spreading them over 12 months.

For more information:
Budget Payment Plan
Budget Payment Plan Fact Sheet [PDF - 58 KB]

To sign up for:
Budget Payment Plan

*or commercial accounts for which the primary purpose of the service is to provide for residential living.

Deferred payment agreement
Our residential customers can work with us to pay any past-due bills in separate installments. Once established on this plan, you are also eligible for the Budget Payment Plan.

Energy assistance

• For households of qualifying income who are having difficulty meeting their heating costs.
• For MGE customers in Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Iowa, Juneau, Monroe, Sauk and Vernon counties.

For more information:
Energy Assistance

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Plan de Pago de Presupuesto [PDF - 27 KB]