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South Louisiana Electric Cooperative Association’s
(SLECA) Energy Emergency Deferred Billing Program
provides eligible customers with a mechanism to defer
utility payments in the event the Louisiana Public
Service Commission should declare an "Energy Emergency."
To qualify for the program, a residential customer or
government entity must meet certain requirements and be
pre-qualified and pre-enrolled prior to any LPSC
declared energy emergency.
Eligible customers include any one of the following:
- Those
persons whose income does not exceed 150% of
the poverty level as established by the
Federal Government and who are 65 years of
age or older.
- Those persons who
receive either one of the following: (1)
Food stamps; (2) Temporary Assistance for
Needy Families (TANF).
- Those persons
whose sole income consists of Social
Security payments.
- As determined by
the Commission or other vital government
entities that provide services, the absence
of which could result in imminent peril to
the public health, safety, and welfare.
- Those persons who
need life-sustaining, electrically operated
equipment, or life-sustaining medical
treatment that requires electricity in order
to live.
For additional
information contact SLECA’s Member Services
Department at
P. O. Box 4037, Houma, LA 70361 or call 985-876-6880.
On August 14,
2008 the Louisiana Public Service Commission
declared an energy emergency. Louisiana’s
electric cooperatives, including SLECA, was
exempted from the declaration because of the
cooperatives’ low rates compared to the
investor-owned utilities. |
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