LOS ANGELES, Sept. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern
California Gas Company (SoCalGas) today announced a virtual
enrollment option for the Energy Savings Assistance Program, which
continues to provide eligible customers with an average of
$705 worth of energy-efficiency home
upgrades at no cost to help improve the safety and comfort of
customers' homes.
"The safety of our customers, employees and contractors is of
the utmost importance and, keeping in mind that social distancing
is a very important component of helping to stop the spread of the
COVID-19 pandemic, we are pleased to offer a virtual enrollment
option for our Energy Savings Assistance Program" said Jeff Walker, vice president of customer
solutions at SoCalGas. "During this challenging time, it's critical
that we continue to support our customers and communities by
providing reliable and affordable energy, while also maintaining
the health and safety of our customers, employees and
contractors."
"Quality Conservation Services (QCS) is pleased to join with
SoCalGas to have customers virtually enroll in the Energy Savings
Assistance customer assistance program," said Allan Rago, President at QCS. "Customer and
contractor safety is always of the utmost importance and especially
now, during these unprecedented times. We are pleased to be able to
offer this easy virtual option and encourage customers to enroll."
The Energy Savings Assistance Program provides eligible
customers with professionally installed home improvements, at no
cost to the renter or homeowner, that help conserve energy, reduce
natural gas use and enhance safety, health, and comfort.
Improvements may include installation of high efficiency washers,
water heater replacement, furnace replacement, attic insulation,
door weather-stripping and more. SoCalGas has helped over one
million of its customers save on their energy bills through energy
efficient upgrades.
To qualify for the program, the customer or someone in the
customer's household must be enrolled in a qualifying public
assistance program or meet income qualifications. Please see here
for more information.
Customers interested in applying can visit the Energy Savings
Assistance Program webpage on socalgas.com or call (800) 331-7593.
Qualifying customers will then be contacted by a SoCalGas
contractor who will conduct their virtual enrollment via phone or
video call.
In addition to the Energy Savings Assistance Program, SoCalGas
offers a wide range of other programs and services. To learn more
about these programs and services, or for more information on how
to more efficiently manage natural gas usage and possibly
reduce monthly natural gas bills, please visit SoCalGas' website
at socalgas.com or call (800) 427-2200.
Between 2015 and 2019, SoCalGas energy efficiency
programs delivered more than 208 million therms in energy
savings, enough natural gas usage for 127,000 households a year,
and reduced greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) by over 1,100,000
metric tons, the equivalent of removing
nearly 238,000 cars from the road annually. These
advances have also helped save SoCalGas
customers over $229 million in utility bill
costs. In 2019 alone, SoCalGas' energy efficiency programs
saved customers $55.6 million.
The Energy Savings Assistance Program is funded by California investor-owned-utility customers
and administered by Southern California Gas Company under the
auspices of the California Public Utilities Commission.
SoCalGas COVID-19 Pandemic Response
Since March, SoCalGas has donated more than $2.9
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.
For more information on SoCalGas's response to the COVID-19
pandemic, please visit www.socalgas.com/coronavirus.
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' 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 gas 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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