Even with the approach of summer, financial assistance from Puget Sound Energy remains available through PSE’s HELP (Home Energy Lifeline Program) program to eligible customers in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties who need assistance paying their PSE electric and natural gas bills. Depending on income and household size, a qualified PSE customer can receive up to $750 in PSE utility-bill credits.
Since October 2007, CAMP has helped 689 Seattle households with their PSE natural gas bills. The agency’s remaining $200,000 in this year’s HELP fund could assist an additional 530 households.
PSE’s HELP fund is administered by local energy-assistance agencies in each county. In 2007, the fund assisted nearly 18,000 families in 11 counties. This year the agencies in eight counties have exhausted their HELP funds, still leaving the door open to helping eligible families in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties pay their PSE electric and natural gas bills.
To make an appointment to ask for HELP assistance, PSE customers can contact the energy-assistance office nearest them.
• Central Area Motivation Program – Seattle: 1-800-348-7144.
• Multi-Service Center for South King County: 1-800-348-7144
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