CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL 7. How are shared meters considered with respectto the current senior discount? For example, mobile home park with some senior and other ages; senior care facility? A. Please see recommendation #5 on page 4 of 8 of the report: "5. Continue with the current process for handling low-income facilities and senior facilities with a shared master meter. The City currently has a process to manage customers with a shared water meter. Low-income and senior living facilities that meet the current discount program criteria received the utility discountforthe facility. Unit residents in the shared meter facil ity do not apply separately for a utility discount, as the discount is already approved and applied to the master meter. For multifamily properties with shared meters that do not meet the criteria of the currentdiscount program, individual unit residents may apply for separate discount assistance with the City. When approved, the City calculates the appropriate discount amount and sends the individual unit residents a refund check at the end of the year. Staff recommends following the same procedures that are currently in practice, with modifications to the qualification criteria and prioritization criteria for eligible customers, if approved by the City Council" 8. Does PG&E require an asset assessment (i.e., if they are a homeowner are they immediately disqualified) when assessing the PG&E CARE qualifications? A. Information on PG&E CARE program eligibility can be found at California Alternate Rates for Energy Program I PG&E. In general, there are two ways to qualify for PG&E CARE program: Income threshold and other qualified public assistance program. To qualify through other public assistance programs, the customer or someone in their household must take part in any of the following public assistance programs: • Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) • Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) • CalFresh/SNAP (Food Stamps) • CaIWORKs (TANF) or Tribal TANF • Head Start Income Eligible (Tribal Only) • Supplemental Security Income (SSI) • Medi -Cal for Families (Healthy Families A & B) • National School Lunch Program (NSLP) • Bureau of Indian Affairs General Assistance • Medicaid/Medi-Cal (underage 65) • Medicaid/Medi-Cal (age 65 and over) Based on the published PG&E document, asset ownership is not part of the evaluation to qualify for the PG&E CARE program. 3