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From
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LOS
ANGELES – More low-income customers now are eligible to receive
a 20-percent discount on their Southern California Gas Co. (The Gas
Company) natural gas bills due to new income guidelines that went into
effect June 1 for qualified customers enrolled in the money-saving,
state-sponsored California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) program.
“The Gas Company is actively partnering with community groups
and local governments throughout our service area to enroll qualified
customers
in our assistance programs,” said Hal Snyder, The Gas Company’s
vice president of customer service. “We hope to leave ‘no
stone unturned’ when reaching out to the more than 350,000 customers
financially eligible for the CARE program.”
Last year, The Gas Company CARE customers saved, on average, $80 annually
under the program. About 1.36 million customers throughout The Gas
Company’s service area already have enrolled in the CARE program.
All nonparticipating residential customers will find a CARE application
included in their July bill mailer. Customers also can call a toll-free,
multilingual assistance line at (800) 427-2200 to request an application
form, or apply online in English or Spanish at www.socalgas.com, or
download a CARE application in English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean or
Vietnamese and fax or mail it to The Gas Company.
Customers may be automatically eligible if they currently receive benefits
from the Women, Infants and Children, Healthy Families, Medi-Cal, Food
Stamps, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families or LIHEAP programs.
Every year, the California Public Utilities Commission adjusts the
maximum qualifying household income levels to reflect changes in the
federal poverty guidelines. These higher income levels mean that more
customers can now qualify.
Add $7,400 for each additional household member Besides CARE, The Gas Company offers a variety of other financial assistance, appliance and home-improvement rebates, energy audits and energy-efficiency programs to assist its low-income, disabled and senior-citizen customers. Additional information on these assistance programs is available from The Gas Company’s Web site, www.socalgas.com..
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