PUC Adopts Automatic Enrollment for CARE Program, Establishes Program Penetration Rates

The California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) today authorized the continuation of rapid deployment programs for the California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) program, and established goals for CARE program penetration (see Decision 02-07-033, July 17, 2002)

The Commission's goal is to reach 100 percent of low-income customers that are eligible for, and desire to participate in, the CARE program.  The utilities report that more than one million low-income customers meet the CARE eligibility criteria but are not currently participating in the program.  The Commission's goal is to enroll each and every one of these customers that wants to participate.

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