Charging me to pay my bills!!!

I am so disgusted with all of these fees that are now being charged by all utility companies and other businesses when we pay our bills!! Georgia Power has another company called BillMatrix doing their credit card transactions for them at a cost of $3.60 if you pay by credit card, now the Bartow County Water Dept. is now charging me to pay my bill. This should be illegal!! They first ask us to "Go Green" and opt out of using paper to save  them stamps, envelopes, and printing costs so they can pass the savings onto us, now they are saving and we are being charged a fee ! Unbelievable !!