With energy prices soaring, many in California are getting help paying past-due utility bills. It comes as a second installment of the $1.6 billion automatic debt relief program was released in November. The first installment was paid to utility companies in January of 2022. Anyone who incurred charges, and if those charges remain unpaid, between March 4, 2020, and Dec. 31, 2021, qualifies for help through the California Arrearage Payment Program, or CAPP. Utility companies have sixty days to put funds in customers’ accounts which means about 1.4 million California households should see a credit hit their utility bills by February.
More Relief Going Out for Californians Past-Due Utility Bills
