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Coldwater utility to opt out of state energy-assistance pool, hires Jacobs Well to administer local aid
Summary
The board approved an opt-out from Michigan's state-run utility assistance surcharge, authorized Agreement 2532 with Jacobs Well Ministries as third-party implementer, and directed submission of an ordinance change to city council; the opt-out would preserve local control but requires roughly $112,000 budgeted to cover assistance.
The Coldwater Board of Public Utilities voted Oct. 1 to proceed with an opt-out from Michigan’s state-managed energy assistance surcharge and to contract with Jacobs Well Ministries to administer a locally run program.
Stacy Russell, the utility’s customer service manager, told the board that under new state rules utilities with fewer than 45,000 residential customers may opt out of the state program if they can demonstrate comparable local assistance. "To opt out, we would have to show that we have approximately a 112,000 in our budget," Russell said, and added that a local opt-out means the…
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