{"id":77227,"date":"2025-11-13T14:10:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T22:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=77227"},"modified":"2025-11-13T14:10:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T22:10:37","slug":"pge-will-support-customers-amid-aftermath-of-government-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=77227","title":{"rendered":"PG&E Will Support Customers Amid Aftermath of Government Shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By<\/span>Sunita Sohrabji<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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PG&E has several plans for low-income customers who cannot pay their utility bills.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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OAKLAND, California<\/strong> \u2014 The utility company PG&E says it will support customers who suffered hardship amid the federal government shutdown, which temporarily curtailed funding for several critical safety net programs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are concerned any time our customers are having trouble paying a bill. So we have put multiple steps in place to help those who are suffering hardship,\u201d said David McCulloch, Vice President and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at PG&E, in an interview with American Community Media.<\/p>\n

The Senate voted to end the government shutdown Nov. 10 and the House did the same Nov. 12 afternoon. But as the federal government re-opens this week, PG&E customers accessing federal safety net programs \u2014 such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps roughly 6 million low-income families pay their utility bills through federal grants \u2014 may still experience financial hardship due to weeks of lost assistance during the shutdown.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump\u00a0fired the entire staff<\/a>\u00a0of the LIHEAP program on April 1, and called for the program to end. However, Congress has allocated $4.2 billion to LIHEAP through fiscal year 2026.<\/p>\n

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