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Minnesota pilot to automatically credit bills in high-energy-burden neighborhoods approved by PUC; reaches 17,000 premises
Summary
Minnesota's Xcel Energy will automatically issue bill credits to premises in census block groups whose electric energy burden exceeds 4%, following a petition approved by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission. The pilot eliminates individual applications and aims to reach households currently missed by LIHEAP and utility assistance programs.
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission approved a pilot to automatically deliver bill-assistance credits to all premises in selected census block groups, Shuba Harris of Fresh Energy said at a PUC energy equity convening.
"We developed a pilot program that eliminates the need for customers to go through an application process and using available maps and census data, automatically delivers energy assistance to certain high energy-burden customers," Shuba Harris, equitable energy policy consultant at Fresh Energy, said during her presentation.
What the pilot does:…
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