Signs It's Time to Update: Sign #4 - Your Reporting Requires Too Much Manual Work
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MuniBilling Blog: Utility Billing
Signs It's time to Update: Sign #3 - Your Integrations Require Custom Work
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Sign #3 - Your Integrations Require Custom Work
What Utility Managers Should Know About Billing Software
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What Utility Managers Should Know About Billing Software
Choosing the right utility billing software is about more than generating bills. For municipal utility managers, the right platform should make billing easier to manage, provide clear visibility into operations, simplify payments, and support the different utility services your organization delivers.
As utilities modernize, billing software increasingly serves as a central operational platform connecting customer accounts,...
Signs It's time to Update: Sign #2 - Your Staff Uses Spreadsheets to Fill the Gaps
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Sign #2: Your Staff Uses Spreadsheets to Fill the Gaps
What to Look for When Choosing a Utility Billing System
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What to Look for When Choosing a Utility Billing System
There are hundreds of utility billing systems on the market, and narrowing that down to one can feel paralyzing. If you're worried about picking the wrong one, you're in good company — most entities go through the same uncertainty.
Here's a practical guide to working through that decision without getting lost in vendor pitches.
1. Write Down Your Actual Requirements
Before you look at a single demo, get your requirements on paper. It's...
Utility Billing Glossary: 25 Terms Every Municipal Clerk Should Know
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Utility Billing Glossary: 25 Terms Every Municipal Clerk Should Know
Utility billing has a language all its own. Between rate structures, meter data, delinquency workflows, and the software that ties it together, a municipal clerk is expected to speak fluently across accounting, operations, and customer service—often without a formal handoff or training manual.
Signs It's time to Update: Sign #1 - Every Upgrade Is a Major Project
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Signs it's time to Update: Sign #1 - Every Upgrade Is a Major Project
Your billing software still works. Bills go out, payments come in, and your staff knows how to operate it.
The Real Cost of Outdated Utility Billing Software
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What Outdated Utility Billing Software Is Really Costing Your Organization
The check engine light comes on. You're already running late, so you tell yourself you'll deal with it later. Then later never comes until you're on the shoulder of the highway waiting on a tow truck, paying far more to fix the problem than you would have if you'd handled it the first time it appeared.
5 Ways to Get Customers to Actually Use Their Utility Billing Portal
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5 Ways to Get Customers to Actually Use Their Utility Billing Portal
Most customers already prefer self-service. Industry research consistently shows a majority of people try to resolve an issue on their own before ever calling support - and utility bills are no exception.
Affordable Utility Billing Automation for Small Utilities
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Affordable Utility Billing Automation for Small Utilities
Small utility providers face the same operational challenges as large organizations, just with fewer employees, tighter budgets, and limited IT resources.
Billing teams manage customer accounts, process payments, review meter data, answer questions, and get accurate bills out the door on time. When those processes run on spreadsheets, manual entry, or disconnected systems, even routine billing tasks eat hours the team doesn't...