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Get Help In Texas With Electric and Utility Bills
Find how to get help paying utility bills in all areas of Texas, including in Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. All utility companies in Texas will provide help with paying utility bills.
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Lite-Up Texas Utility Bill Help Plan
Effective from July through October, low income customers in areas that offer retail electric choice (including Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, and areas of South and West Texas) are eligible to get help with paying electric bills from a summer discount program. Households that are currently receiving Food Stamps or Medicaid will automatically be included in the utility bill program if the information on file with the Health & Human Services Commission matches the information on file with the household’s Retail Electric Provider. Those customers with total household income of less than 125% of federal poverty guidelines may also apply for help paying utility bills and well as help with cooling bills in the summer. The utilities that currently participate in providing help paying utility bills through this program are Reliant, TXU Energy, TXU SESCO, and Central Power & Light, among others.
The electric competition law also created a System Benefit Fund. This program is partly used to help finance energy efficiency programs. The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs will administer energy efficiency and electricity conservation programs in coordination with the existing weatherization programs. Utilities will also develop standard offer programs that will install energy efficiency measures and that may include: refrigerator and air-conditioner lease-purchase programs, compact fluorescent light bulb lease-purchase programs, and water-flow restrictors. For example, low flow shower heads and faucet aerators will be provided free of charge. The independent service providers will deliver these services to customers. These services can also help with heating bills during the winter time.
TDHCA operates partnership programs to provide utility bill help with: El Paso Electric, Central Power & Light, Entergy, HLP / Reliant, Southwestern Electric Power, Texas Utilities Electric, Texas-New Mexico Power, West Texas Utilities, and Southwest Public Service.
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Keeping the Warmth
Qualified customers in Texas may get up to $200 worth of energy saving improvements including caulking, sealing, weather-stripping, additional insulation and like materials. |
