COVID-19

PUC Urges Financially Stressed Consumers to Work with Utilities to Explore Options; Thanks Utilities for Safeguarding Essential Services; Encourages Conservation and Community Support

This press release came out on March 27th, 2019 form the Pennsylvania Utility Commission. This press release urged customers to seek out any financial assistance programs to make their bills affordable whether it be due to COVID-19 or some other financial burden.
They then offer the...Read more

Columbia Gas RATE INCREASE PUBLIC INPUT HEARING INFOGRAPHIC (ENGLISH)

Have you ever enrolled in an energy assistance program to help with utility bill payment? (Q44 S+W2020)

As schools close due to the coronavirus, some U.S. students face a digital ‘homework gap’

Research shows that many students will be negatively affected because they do not have adequate access to high speed Internet.Read more

If you and members of your COVID-19 household are working or schooling remotely, do you have to share and/or take turns using various devices, internet access, or workspaces? (Q28 S + W 2020)

**If yes to Q26** If you had to purchase technologies to work or school remotely, were these technologies in short supply or marked up? (Q26B)

What is the highest level of education you have completed? (Q54)

PECO Extending Customer Support to Ensure All Residents Have Safe and Reliable Service During this Critical Time

On March 23rd, 2020, PECO released this press release. In it, they acknowledged that Governor Tom Wolf's order for all non-essential businesses to close will result in more people staying home. They stated that they will be working "with customers who have had their service disconnected to...Read more

U.S. Power Crisis Leaves Millions Cold, Dark as Blackouts Expand

This article discusses the power crises occurring in the United States due to the overlapping slow disasters of climate change and COVID-19, revealing inadequacies in energy infrastructure (e.g. electrical grids, power plants) which are overwhelmed by energy demands in areas experiencing extreme...Read more

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver broaches topic of "access to internet"

Are you aware of any of the following programs? (Q46 S+W 2020)

If your utility bills have increased, how are you coping with increased expenses? (Q47, Cumulative)

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