Section 739.12 - Continuation of FERA program(a) The commission shall continue a program of assistance to residential customers of the state's three largest electrical corporations consisting of households of three or more persons with total household annual gross income levels between 200 percent and 250 percent of the federal poverty guideline level. The program shall continue to be referred to as the Family Electric Rate Assistance or FERA program.(b) The FERA program discount shall be an 18 percent line-item discount applied to an eligible customer's bill calculated at the applicable rate for the billing period.(c) The commission shall authorize the state's three largest electrical corporations to increase or expand marketing and outreach efforts beyond those in effect as of December 31, 2018, to increase eligible customer participation in the FERA program.Ca. Pub. Util. Code § 739.12
Added by Stats 2018 ch 413 (SB 1135),s 2, eff. 1/1/2019.