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Eversource Announces New Low-Income Discount Rate to Begin December 2023
Sep 19, 2023
Eligible customers receive 10% or 50% off electric bill
Eversource customers enrolled in the Low-Income Discount Rate can still take advantage of other assistance programs, including:
- The Matching Payment Program can lower the amount customers owe on energy bills. For every dollar they pay and every dollar they receive from the Connecticut Energy Assistance Program, we will subtract a dollar from the amount owed.
- The New Start Program forgives overdue balances if monthly budget payments are made on time.
- Medical Protection Plan protects from disconnections for residential customers who have a household member with a certified serious or life-threatening illness.
- Connecticut Energy Assistance Program (CEAP) provides assistance for winter heating costs for thousands of Connecticut homeowners and renters who meet state income guidelines.
- Operation Fuel offers emergency energy assistance for heating expenses for qualified households.
For more information about the new Low-Income Discount Rate as well as other assistance or energy efficiency programs available to support customers, customers can visit our bill help page or call 800-286-2828.
Eversource (NYSE: ES), celebrated as a national leader for its corporate citizenship, is the #1 energy company in Newsweek’s list of America’s Most Responsible Companies for 2023 and recognized as one of America’s Most JUST Companies. Celebrated as a national leader for its corporate citizenship. Eversource transmits and delivers electricity to 1.28 million customers in 149 cities and towns, provides natural gas to 251,000 customers in 74 communities, and supplies water to approximately 217,000 customers in 59 communities across Connecticut. Eversource harnesses the commitment of approximately 9,900 employees across three states to build a single, united company around the mission of safely delivering reliable energy and water with superior customer service. The #1 energy efficiency provider in the nation, the company is empowering a clean energy future in the Northeast, with nationally-recognized energy efficiency solutions and successful programs to integrate new clean energy resources like solar, offshore wind, electric vehicles and battery storage, into the electric system. For more information, please visit Eversource.com, and follow us on X, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. For more information on our water services, visit aquarionwater.com.