LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern
California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) today announced it is working with
Goodwill Southern California to
promote its energy efficiency and money-saving programs for
qualifying customers. The Energy Savings Assistance (ESA)
program and the California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) bill
discount program help customers save money on their SoCalGas bill
while also helping to improve the safety and comfort of their
homes. SoCalGas will publicize the programs with banners, flyers
and applications at all participating Goodwill stores in its
service territory beginning this month.
"Now more than ever, we need to make sure that all customers who
qualify for these programs are aware of them and are getting signed
up. With the COVID-19 pandemic affecting many families in
Southern California economically,
programs like these could help immensely. Qualifying customers are
not only eligible for a 20% discount on their monthly SoCalGas bill
from CARE; if they also take advantage of the ESA Program for home
retrofits as well, their combined annual savings could grow to over
$800," said Brian Prusnek, director of customer programs and
assistance at SoCalGas. "Our partnership with Goodwill is another
example of our commitment to our customers and our communities so
that they have clean, reliable and affordable energy."
"Goodwill Southern California is proud to partner with SoCalGas,
an organization that recognizes the importance of giving back to
the community," said Patrick
McClenahan, President and CEO of Goodwill Southern
California. "We are particularly appreciative that this alliance
will provide relief for families in the communities we serve."
In addition to providing printed materials and applications
inside 10 Goodwill Southern California retail stores, SoCalGas will
also work with employees at Goodwill SoCal Employment Centers who
can work directly with their clients to provide information on
SoCalGas's energy- and money-saving measures.
The CARE assistance program aims to aid people in paying their
utility bills. Qualifying customers can receive a 20% discount on
their SoCalGas bill each month and save an average of $145 dollars over two years through this program.
Currently, SoCalGas has over 1.5 million customers enrolled in the
CARE program. This is especially important in light of increasing
economic impacts caused by the pandemic.
The ESA program provides eligible customers with home
improvements, at no cost to the renter or homeowner, that help
conserve energy, reduce natural gas use and will enhance their
safety, health, and comfort. SoCalGas provides this service to over
100,000 customers a year. Those who qualify receive services and
professionally installed upgrades worth hundreds of dollars.
Improvements may include clothes washer replacement, water heater
replacement, furnace replacement, attic insulation, door
weather-stripping and more. This program helps customers save money
on energy – up to $700 annually.
SoCalGas has helped over one million of its customers save on their
energy bills through energy efficient upgrades with the ESA
program.
To qualify for either CARE or ESA, the customer or someone in
the customer's household must be enrolled in a public assistance
program or meet income qualifications. To learn more, please visit
socalgas.com/assistance.
SoCalGas has donated more than $2.5 million to
nonprofit organizations for COVID-19 recovery efforts, including
supporting the region's workforce, feeding the hungry, providing
bill assistance to customers, and more.
Together, the Sempra Energy family of companies – including
SoCalGas's sister California utility San Diego Gas and Electric,
and the Sempra Energy Foundation – have donated more
than $12.5 million to those in need during this
crisis.
For more information on SoCalGas's response to the COVID-19
pandemic, please visit www.socalgas.com/coronavirus.
About Goodwill Southern California
Transforming lives
through the power of work, Goodwill Southern California (GSC)
serves individuals with disabilities or other vocational challenges
by providing education, training, work experience and job placement
services. Each year, GSC prepares and places thousands of
individuals into sustainable employment through programs and
services offered at three campuses, Career Resource Centers, Work
Source Centers, Deaf, Youth and Veteran Employment Programs
throughout Los Angeles (north of
Rosecrans Ave.), Riverside and
San Bernardino counties. GSC
supports its mission with proceeds generated from more than 80
stores and over 40 attended donation centers. GSC spends 95
percent of its budget on programs and services. Committed to
caring for the earth, last year GSC diverted over 100 million
pounds of reusable or recyclable goods from landfills. Goodwill is
GOOD for Everyone!
About SoCalGas
Headquartered in Los Angeles, SoCalGas® is
the largest gas distribution utility in the
United States. SoCalGas delivers
affordable, reliable, clean and increasingly renewable gas service
to 21.8 million customers across 24,000 square miles of
Central and Southern California, where more than 90 percent of
residents use natural gas for heating, hot water, cooking, drying
clothes or other uses. Gas delivered through the company's
pipelines also plays a key role in providing electricity to
Californians— about 45 percent of electric power
generated in the state comes from gas-fired power plants.
SoCalGas's vision is to be the cleanest gas utility in
North America, delivering
affordable and increasingly renewable energy to its customers. In
support of that vision, SoCalGas is committed to replacing 20
percent of its traditional natural gas supply with renewable
natural gas (RNG) by 2030. Renewable natural gas is made from
waste created by dairy farms, landfills and wastewater treatment
plants. SoCalGas is also committed to investing in its gas delivery
infrastructure while keeping bills affordable for our customers.
From 2014 through 2018, the company invested nearly $6.5
billion to upgrade and modernize its pipeline system to
enhance safety and reliability. SoCalGas is a subsidiary
of Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE), an energy services holding
company based in San Diego. For more information
visit socalgas.com/newsroom or connect with SoCalGas
on Twitter (@SoCalGas), Instagram (@SoCalGas)
and Facebook.
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