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newsrel -- 10.7 Million Households to Receive $27 Average Credit in April/May Electric Bill from State's Program to Fight Climate Change

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 12:34:28
Please consider the following news release from the California
Air Resources Board: http://bit.ly/1O7eBzT 
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 13, 2015

NEWS RELEASE 15-18


CONTACT:

Stanley Young, ARB
(916) 322-2990
stanley.young@arb.ca.gov

Terrie Prosper, CPUC
(415) 703-1366
news@cpuc.ca.gov


10.7 Million Households to Receive $27 Average Credit in
April/May Electric Bill from State's Program to Fight Climate
Change

SAN FRANCISCo - The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
and California Air Resources Board are reminding consumers that
in April and May approximately 10.7 million California households
will see a credit averaging $27 on their electricity bills thanks
to the State’s Cap-and-Trade Program to fight climate change.
This is the third time consumers will receive the Climate Credit,
as they also received it in April and October 2014, resulting in
an overall total credit to date of $736 million to California
households in 2014. A forecasted $577 million will be credited to
households in 2015.

Said CPUC President Michael Picker, “The state and its consumers
are working together to fight climate change.  The Climate Credit
returns money to consumers, and it is my hope that consumers will
use the money to invest in simple tools that will help lower
their electricity bills.”

Households and small businesses do not need to do anything to get
the credit. Households receive the Climate Credit on their
October or November and April or May bills each year, regardless
of energy consumption or bill amount. Approximately one million
small businesses receive the Climate Credit every month as a
credit related to the amount of electricity used. Those customers
include commercial, industrial, and agricultural customers, as
well as nonprofits and schools that typically use less than 20
kilowatts of electricity each month. 

“The California Climate Credit is all about putting money back
into the pocketbooks and bank accounts of millions of California
households and small businesses,” said Chairman of the California
Air Resources Board Mary D. Nichols. “This is an opportunity for
them to use it to save water, energy, and money – and fight
climate change, too.”

The Climate Credit is one of many beneficial programs developed
as a result of landmark legislation called the Global Warming
Solutions Act of 2006 (Assembly Bill 32), which puts California
at the forefront of efforts to battle climate change by requiring
that greenhouse gas emissions be reduced to 1990 levels by 2020.
Customers of the state’s investor-owned utilities receive the
Climate Credit that is designed to help California fight climate
change and clean the air. The credit comes from payments by power
plants and industries that, under California’s climate program,
purchase permits when they put carbon pollution into the air. The
credit is calculated according to rules established by the CPUC.


Consumers can find more information about the Climate Credit by
visiting the Energy Upgrade California website
(www.EnergyUpgradeCA.org/climatecredit), which also provides ways
to take action to save energy (like installing efficient LEDs,
smart multi-plug-strips, or a smart thermostat), conserve natural
resources, and make informed energy management choices at home
and at work. Energy Upgrade California is the State’s initiative
to educate residents and small business consumers about energy
management.

The dollar amount being returned per utility to approximately
10.7 million households total in April/May is as follows:
•	Pacific Gas and Electric Company: $24.76
•	Southern California Edison: $29
•	San Diego Gas & Electric: $36.24
•	Pacific Power: $141.03 
•	Liberty Utilities: $35.01

For more information on the CPUC, please visit www.cpuc.ca.gov.

For more information on the ARB, please visit www.arb.ca.gov. 




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