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Special measure assistance funds disposable for qualifying seniors and low-income Ohio earthy state customers
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Additional measure assistance is disposable done the company’s Share the Light Fund℠
CINCINNATI – More than $3 cardinal successful fiscal assistance is disposable to existent Duke Energy Ohio earthy state customers gathering income-eligibility criteria. Qualifying customers tin use to person a one-time outgo of $500 to their existent earthy state bill. The funds are disposable arsenic portion of an statement approved by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio earlier this year. Of the funding, $450,000 is reserved for qualifying seniors, with the equilibrium disposable for eligible low-income customers.
To qualify, customers indispensable beryllium 65 oregon older and astatine oregon beneath 250% of the national poorness guidelines, oregon person income astatine oregon beneath 250% of the national poorness level. Customers indispensable besides person earthy state work from Duke Energy Ohio and person an relationship registered successful their name. The funds are disposable present and volition stay disposable until they person been pledged to qualifying Ohio lawsuit accounts. More accusation tin beryllium recovered astatine duke-energy.com/info/unindexed/ohio-bill-help.
“People are paying much from the market store to the state pump. Our customers are besides noticing higher vigor bills, arsenic rising substance costs interaction the terms of energy,” said Amy Spiller, president of Duke Energy Ohio and Kentucky. “We cognize that higher bills tin beryllium a hardship for galore and we privation to link our customers with fiscal assistance and resources to help.”
Duke Energy is moving with section agencies to find eligibility and administer the funds. Customers 65 oregon older needing assistance paying an vigor measure should contact:
Council connected Aging: 513.721.1025
Clermont Senior Services: 513.536.4004
Low-income customers should place and scope retired to 1 of the pursuing Ohio Community Action Agencies successful their area:
Warren County: 513.695.2100
Bill assistance is besides disposable for qualifying customers done the company’s Share the Light Fund program. Duke Energy works successful concern with The Salvation Army successful Ohio and Northern Kentucky Communication Action Commission successful Kentucky to administer the company’s assistance funds. Qualifying Duke Energy customers who are struggling to wage their vigor bills tin person up to a $300 recognition annually connected their account. For much accusation connected eligibility guidelines and however to apply, click here.
Duke Energy offers a fig of tools and resources to assistance customers instrumentality power of their vigor usage and prevention money. To larn much astir these programs, including substance alerts to set and prevention earlier your measure arrives, fund billing, escaped usage reports, and outgo plans, sojourn duke-energy.com/SeasonalBills.
Duke Energy Ohio/Kentucky
Duke Energy Ohio/Kentucky, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, provides electrical work to 880,000 residential, commercialized and concern customers successful a 3,000-square-mile work area, and earthy state work to 550,000 customers successful a 2,650-square-mile work area, successful Ohio and Kentucky.
Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), a Fortune 150 institution headquartered successful Charlotte, N.C., is 1 of America’s largest vigor holding companies. Its electrical utilities service 8.2 cardinal customers successful North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, and collectively ain 50,000 megawatts of vigor capacity. Its earthy state portion serves 1.6 cardinal customers successful North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio and Kentucky. The institution employs 28,000 people.
Duke Energy is executing an assertive cleanable vigor modulation to execute its goals of net-zero methane emissions from its earthy state concern by 2030 and net-zero c emissions from energy procreation by 2050. The institution has interim c emanation targets of astatine slightest 50% simplification from electrical procreation by 2030, 50% for Scope 2 and definite Scope 3 upstream and downstream emissions by 2035, and 80% from electrical procreation by 2040. In addition, the institution is investing successful large electrical grid enhancements and vigor storage, and exploring zero-emission powerfulness procreation technologies specified arsenic hydrogen and precocious nuclear.
Duke Energy was named to Fortune’s 2022 “World’s Most Admired Companies” database and Forbes’ “World’s Best Employers” list. More accusation is disposable at duke-energy.com. The Duke Energy News Center contains quality releases, information sheets, photos and videos. Duke Energy’s illumination features stories astir people, innovations, assemblage topics and biology issues. Follow Duke Energy on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.
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