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LOS ANGELES – Local residents may be able to lower their electricity bill by taking part in money-saving programs at Southern California Edison, the company announced this week.<\/p>\nLOS ANGELES – Local residents may be able to lower their electricity bill by taking part in money-saving programs at Southern California Edison, the company announced this week.<\/p>\n
About one-third of SCE\u2019s residential customers are enrolled in income-qualified programs that offer bill discounts and low cost\/no cost energy-efficiency products and services. These programs help to not only reduce electricity usage, but may also lower the amount customers pay.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll of our income-qualified programs are designed to assist customers who live in our service territory and we want to encourage them to seek assistance, if needed,\u201d stated Michael K. Bushey, director of SCE Program Operations. \u201cSCE keeps all customer information confidential. We want our customers to have confidence with all aspects of our customer service and we encourage those who qualify to apply for assistance if they need it \u2014 we are here to help wherever we can.\u201d<\/p>\n
SCE does not inquire about the citizenship or legal status of customers in the provision of services, does not share customer information with outside groups or agencies without consent and does not require proof of residency for customers to participate in customer assistance programs.<\/p>\n
Customers ineligible for income-qualified programs can work with SCE staff on payment arrangements that could spread out their payments and help during difficult times.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone needs help from time to time, and at Edison we want our customers, especially our most vulnerable customers, to feel free to reach out to us so we can be of assistance,\u201d Bushey added. \u201cWe want to provide safe, reliable and affordable service for all of our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n
California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE)<\/strong> Family Electric Rate Assistance (FERA)<\/strong> Energy Savings Assistance Program (ESAP)<\/strong> SCE\u2019s Energy Assistance Fund (EAF)<\/strong> Budget Assistant<\/strong> Level Pay Plan<\/strong> –<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LOS ANGELES – Local residents may be able to lower their electricity bill by taking part in money-saving programs at Southern California Edison, the company announced this week. About one-third of SCE\u2019s residential customers are enrolled in income-qualified programs that offer bill discounts and low cost\/no cost energy-efficiency products and services. These programs help to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1499,1496],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85432"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nProvides a discount of about 30 percent on monthly electric bills for eligible customers. Households of two would be eligible if the household income is below $32,920 per year. Customers who qualify for CARE may be referred to the Energy Savings Assistance Program for additional help and savings. For more information: sce.com\/care<\/a><\/p>\n
\nProvides a reduced monthly discount of 18 percent for income-qualified households of three or more. Households of three would be eligible if the household income is below $51,950 per year. For more information: sce.com\/fera<\/a><\/p>\n
\nHelps income-qualified customers save money on their bill and conserve energy. Customers may be eligible for free replacement appliances such as an energy-efficient refrigerator, air conditioner and more, as well as home efficiency solutions like weatherization and LED lightbulbs that help save energy and money. For more information: sce.com\/esap<\/a><\/p>\n
\nIn partnership with the United Way of Greater Los Angeles, SCE\u2019s nonprofit Energy Assistance Fund program, funded by customers and SCE employees, provides up to $100 to help customers pay their SCE energy bills when they meet the program\u2019s income qualifications. Assistance is available once during a 12-month period. Visit sce.com\/eaf<\/a> and click the \u201cHow to Get Assistance\u201d<\/em> link.<\/p>\n
\nThis free tool will let customers set monthly spending goals and receive alerts either weekly, mid-month or when they have exceeded the spending goal. This tool will track costs in close to real time and send alerts via email, phone or text.\u00a0 For more information: sce.com\/budgetassistant<\/a><\/p>\n
\nOffers eligible customers the opportunity to pay for their annual electricity service across 11 equal monthly payments. The Level Pay Plan does not reduce the amount of the bill. Customers are still responsible for paying the full cost of the energy they use, however they can split the cost into equal payments throughout the year. For more information:\u00a0sce.com\/customer-service\/billing-payment\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n[Information via news release from Southern California Edison.]<\/em><\/h6>\n