Attention!
Please be careful if you use third-party online bill pay sites
Be careful when using third-party sites to pay your bill. Payments made through those sites may not arrive on time, may not be applied to the account properly, and could result in late fees, extra charges or disconnects. We also want to remind members that we DO NOT charge a fee for online payments if they go directly through our website or SmartHub.
Secure | No Fees | Convenient
Auto Pay
You may be eligible for a one-time $10 bill credit
No time to bother going through the payment process every month? Payments are automatically charged to your designated account each month, on the billing due date or the next business day following a weekend or URE observed holiday.
- Bank Account (checking or savings)
- Credit Card (Visa, MasterCard or American Express) *some restrictions apply
- You can set this up by using SmartHub - sign up today!
Pay-By-Phone
1.877.999.3413
Automated. Easy. Secure. Accepts Visa, MasterCard, American Express, debit card and personal check. *some restrictions apply
By Mail
Prefer to make payments by mail? CASH PAYMENTS are not accepted. Please allow extra time prior to the 25th due date to ensure your payment is received on time, All payments should be sent to:
Union Rural Electric Cooperative15461 US Highway 36
Marysville, OH 43040
In Person
24-Hour Drop Box
A drive-through drop box is located in our front (North) parking lot for payments. CASH PAYMENTS are not accepted. Payments will be credited to your account on the next regular business day.
OR
Member Services Stations
Our regular office hours are Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. CASH PAYMENTS are not accepted.
Ways to better manage your account:
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Sign up for Budget Billing. Wouldn't it be nice if your electric and gas bills were more predictable? Use the form on this page to sign up.
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Sign up and manage your account with SmartHub.
"How to" SmartHub VIDEOS:
Sign up for SmartHub and enroll in outage notifications by text — we’ll contact you when your power is out, give you an estimated restoration time, and let you know when power is restored, as well as what the cause was. Our linemen update this on the job, so you’re getting information right from the source!
First, you need a SmartHub account. Make sure you have your Union Rural Electric account number on hand and the device you want to receive notifications on, to ensure you can complete the process in one sitting.
HOW TO SIGN UP FOR OUTAGE NOTIFICATIONS:
- Create your SmartHub account or download our free mobile app and sign up.
- After you’ve created your SmartHub account, log in here.
- Are you signing up on a computer or through a mobile app? The screens will appear differently, so be sure to follow directions for the correct version below.
Computer Instructions:
- Once you’re logged in to SmartHub, click the “Notifications” tab at the top. Then click “Manage Contacts” from the drop-down menu. Here, you can view and edit the contact methods you want URE to use to reach you.
- To add a new phone number or email address, you’ll receive a verification code for our security system to verify that it’s really you. If you’re adding a new phone number, our system will text the verification code to that phone number. If you’re adding a new email address, our system will email the verification code to that email provided. Enter the verification code you receive into the SmartHub verification code box. Be sure to click SAVE.
- Next, click the “Manage Notifications” button. This will show you a menu of all the notifications you can sign up to receive. You can also choose where you’d like each notification to be sent (phone or email). You can make these decisions for each of your accounts.
- Click on “Service.” Here, you can select which outage notifications you want to receive. Decide how you want to receive each outage notification and hit SAVE.
- Congrats – you’re all set!
Mobile App Instructions:
- Once you’re logged in to SmartHub, click the “Settings” icon. Next, add an email and/or phone number(s) under “Manage Contact Information.” Follow the instructions to verify each email and phone number added.
- To add a new phone number or email address, you’ll receive a verification code for our security system to verify that it’s really you. If you’re adding a new phone number, our system will text the verification code to that phone number. If you’re adding a new email address, our system will email the verification code to that email provided. Enter the verification code you receive into the SmartHub verification code box. Be sure to click SAVE.
- Next, click “Manage Notifications.” Options include billing, service, and miscellaneous.
- Click the “Service” tab to add the email or phone numbers where you want each type of notification to be sent, making sure that the toggle switch is in the “on” position before tapping SAVE.
- Congrats – you’re all set!
Sit back, relax, and enjoy updates from our crews right to your mobile phone.
Don’t forget that you can also report outages through SmartHub with the touch of a button, as well as monitor your energy use, pay bills, and much more.
CLICK HERE to learn more ways to unlock all the capabilities of SmartHub
Browser notice
Cyber security is becoming more critical than ever before. We use our web browsers not only to access personal items like social media and news, but for applications that are critical to accomplishing our daily tasks, like NISC's SmartHub.
We want to ensure that SmartHub is as secure as possible for our members. To do that, we've updated our protocols to increase encryption security.
This mean that NISC's SmartHub solution requires the latest version of your preferred web browser, such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Apple's Safari. With a future release, expected in November, you'll no longer be able to access SmartHub if your browser is out of date.
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Directions from the east
Take US 33 to the US 36E exit towards Marysville/Delaware. Turn right onto US 36. Go straight for about 1/4 mile and we are on the right, next to Wendy's.
Directions from the west
Take US 33E to the US 36 exit towards Delaware. Turn left onto US 36. Go straight for about 1/4 mile and we are on the right, next to Wendy's.