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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - PG&E offers tips connected however residents tin little their vigor bills successful the summer.
PG&E Spokesperson Jeff Smith says summertime is the astir challenging clip for customers.
"We recognize that it tin beryllium truly hard for customers, peculiarly successful the Central Valley, to wage their vigor bills during the summertime months," Smith said.
Smith says astir residential complaint plans are based connected volumetric usage.
"The much vigor you use, the much it costs per kilowatt hr erstwhile you usage that energy. And that's truly astir apt the biggest operator of vigor costs successful the Central Valley," Smith said.
But helium says determination are alternatives.
"We've identified that determination are implicit 29,000 customers successful Fresno County that could payment from the Match My Payment Program," Smith said.
The Match My Payment Program is for debased to moderate-income customers falling down connected their bills.
"For example, up to $1,000, we will match immoderate they are capable to pay. So if they wage $50, we volition lucifer that with $50 oregon aforesaid $100, each the mode up to $1,000 toward paying disconnected their vigor bill," Smith said.
Other tips Smith recommends are opening your windows aboriginal successful the greeting oregon erstwhile the prima goes down.
And spending clip successful nationalist places with aerial conditioning.
"Whether that's a buying promenade oregon a edifice oregon a nationalist room oregon thing similar that, conscionable an accidental wherever possibly you don't request to usage your aerial conditioner, you tin spell to immoderate benignant of a nationalist place," Smith said.
For much information, visit the PG&E website.
