للإصدار الفوري
March 13, 2023
الاتصال بـ MCE Press Contact
جينا تيني، مديرة الاتصالات والمشاركة المجتمعية
(925) 378-6747 | communications@mceCleanEnergy.org
سان رافائيل وكونكورد، كاليفورنيا. — California’s community energy providers aren’t just fighting climate change, they’re fighting for economic equity. Rising energy costs place a disproportionate burden on members of traditionally disadvantaged communities and MCE is working to create economic equity for struggling communities already impacted by inflation.
Bay Area residents in Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, and Solano counties have now received almost $19 million in COVID energy bill relief from MCE and other state programs, which have combined to completely eliminate almost two years’ worth of bill debt between March 2020 and December 2021.
“We know COVID has had lasting impacts on Bay Area residents and MCE has worked hard to provide as much relief to our customers as possible,” said K. Patrice Williams, MCE Board Director and City of Fairfield Councilmember. “Our MCE Cares program offered $5 million in bill credits to low-income residents and small businesses, and we choose not to raise rates in 2021, resulting in $90 million in bill savings compared to PG&E.”
Across the country households accumulated more than $32 billion in arrearages during the first year of the pandemic. Providing utility bill debt relief can help people avoid a negative cycle of economic hardship that may be a struggle to break free from.
These bill relief programs include:
- $11 million through the California Arrearage Payment Program,
- $5 million through the MCE Cares Credit, and
- $3.5 million through the California Public Utilities Commission’s Arrearage Management Program.
For residents still struggling with energy debt and higher bills, there are programs that can help. Visit mceCleanEnergy.org/lowerbill.org.
###
نبذة عن شركة MCE: شركة MCE هي وكالة عامة غير هادفة للربح ومزود الكهرباء المفضل لأكثر من 580,000 حساب عميل و1.5 مليون من السكان والشركات في جميع أنحاء مقاطعات كونترا كوستا ومارين ونابا وسولانو. ومن خلال وضع معيار الطاقة النظيفة في كاليفورنيا منذ عام 2010، تتصدر شركة MCE الرائدة في مجال الطاقة المتجددة 100% بأسعار مستقرة، وتوفر 1200 ميجاوات من الحمل الأقصى وتقلل بشكل كبير من انبعاثات الاحتباس الحراري وتعيد استثمار الملايين في البرامج المحلية. لمزيد من المعلومات عن شركة MCE، يرجى زيارة mceCleanEnergy.org، أو تابعنا على منصتك الاجتماعية المفضلة @mceCleanEnergy.
تنزيل البيان الصحفي (بي دي إف)
