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Some PG&E customers can look forward to their second climate credit on their October energy bill
CENTRAL COAST, Calif. – More than five million Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) customers will automatically receive the California Climate Credit on their energy bill.
This is the second time this year that the credit has been issued relay PG&E.
Residential electric households will receive a credit of $38.39 on their October bills, the same as the amount distributed in March of this year, and residential natural gas households also received a credit of $52.78 earlier this year detail PG&E.
According to PG&E, eligible small business customers receive the same electric credit in the same amount as residential customers as well as twice a year.
The California Climate Credit is part of statewide efforts to combat climate change and is sourced from California's Cap-and-Trade Program which requires power plants, fuel providers, and large industrial facilities that emit greenhouse gasses to buy carbon pollution allowances.
PG&E encourages their customers to use their other financial assistance programs including:
California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) Program which provides a discount of 20% or more each month on gas and electricity bills
Family Electric Rate Assistance (FERA) Program which offers a monthly discount of 18% on electricity bills for households with three or more people
Medical Baseline for eligible residential customers who have additional energy needs due to certain qualifying medical conditions. Customers can get an additional monthly allotment of power or a discount based on your rate
Budget Billing averages out energy costs for more predictable monthly payments and eliminates large spikes in bills due to seasonal changes
Bill Forecast Alerts uses notifications from email, text, or phone to notify customers if their monthly bill is expected to exceed a specified amount set by the customer
Related Knowledge Center: Climate legislation
The federal government and states are in the process of implementing two laws — the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act — an investment of more than a trillion dollars to address climate change.