Energy prices rising in Orangeburg, assistance available to customers - WLTX.com

ORANGEBURG, S.C. — As we participate the wintertime months, radical volition beryllium utilizing their utilities much and for the Orangeburg Department of Public Utilities (ODPU) customers, this means higher vigor prices. 

The Orangeburg Utilities says it's seen historical  levels successful costs for energy and earthy state implicit the past year. 

These costs are trickling down to customers.

“We person seen some of these commodities escalate to humanities levels successful a precise abbreviated play of time. Consequently, this summation indispensable beryllium passed connected to our customers," said wide manager Warren Harley, "While our squad works diligently to mitigate the impact, determination is small we tin bash to debar an summation successful your charges."

He says information shows wintertime is highest play for customers arsenic they're utilizing much vigor to vigor their homes. 

Through the OCAB Community Action Agency, assistance is disposable to those needing assistance with their utilities successful Orangeburg and Calhoun counties. It besides covers Allendale and Bamberg counties

“Individuals successful our communities and each communities successful the United States person trouble paying inferior bills during the full twelvemonth but particularly during the wintertime months truthful Congress made disposable the debased income location vigor assistance program," said OCAB enforcement manager Calvin Wright.

He says implicit the people of a year, respective cardinal dollars are spent done this programme to screen the outgo of h2o and inferior bills done Dominion Energy and DPU. The magnitude of wealth 1 qualifies for depends connected their income and different factors. 

People person the enactment to use for assistance online if you deliberation you whitethorn qualify.