Rule Changes Would End Remnants Of Electric Bill Assistance For Low-Income Texans
“State regulators could move this week to get rid of rules designed to help low-income Texans with their electric bills. Under a proposal being considered by the Public Utility Commission of Texas on Thursday, electric companies would no longer have to give low-income customers a break on late fees, and they wouldn’t have to make special payment plans available for those customers. Carol Biedrzycki, with the advocacy group Texas Ratepayers’ Organization to Save Energy – or ‘ROSE’ – worries about that.”