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Connections
January 2015
Powering forward. Together.
Sacramento Municipal Utility District’s Monthly Publication
Puzzled by a high
bill?
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Win a suite of appliances
Opt-in to SMUD’s Greenergy® by April 22, 2015, and you
could win a suite of energy-efficient home appliances.
For just $3 (50% option) or $6 (100% option), SMUD’s
Greenergy will offset half or all of your electricity needs
with power made from renewable resources like wind,
water, sun and biomass. Since 1997, more than 61,000
households have joined Greenergy. That’s like planting
more than 300,000 acres of trees or taking nearly 275,000
gas engine cars off the road.
To be automatically entered to win a suite of ENERGY
STAR® appliances (refrigerator, dishwasher and air purifier),
opt-in to Greenergy at smud.org/greenergy. To enter
without opting-in, send a 3.5” x 5” postcard with your
name, age, mailing address (with zip code), and daytime
and evening telephone numbers to:
Greenergy/How Suite It Is Sweepstakes
c/o SMUD
PO Box 15830; MS-A203
Sacramento, CA 95852-1830 •
(Limit one entry per household.)
701/15/RESC
At smud.org you may compare your
electric bills side-by-side over the last
two years to see how things like weather,
usage and number of billing days can
affect your bill.
If you already have an online account,
simply go to our website and log in
to My Account. Find the Bill & Usage
Comparison tool and start comparing
one month to another to see what things
may have affected your bill. Choose any
two months to compare from the past
two years.
Don’t have an online account yet? With
your account number from a paper bill and
a few pieces of information, you can be up
and running in about two minutes. To get
started, visit smud.org/MyAccount. •
Connections
January 2015
Stay safe and warm during cold winter months
As temperatures fall, heating bills rise. To help
you save money, stay warm, and be safe, we
offer this advice.
First, never build an open fire inside your home.
Any unventilated combustion, whether from
fire or burning charcoal or gas, releases deadly
carbon monoxide. You can’t see it or smell it. But
it can kill in minutes. If you have a fire in your fireplace, make sure the embers are completely cold
before closing the flue. And never use an unventilated appliance, such as a kerosene heater, or
gas stove, oven or dryer to heat your home.
Information in multiple languages on safeheating practices, as well as programs to help
low-income customers with their electric bills, is
available by calling 1-888-742-SMUD (7683).
SMUD offers low-income customers programs
to help save energy and money on their electric
bills. Eligible customers can take advantage
of SMUD’s Energy Assistance Program Rate
(EAPR), a discount rate on a portion of their bill.
To qualify, household incomes may not exceed
200 percent of the federal poverty level. For
example, a family of four can earn up to
$47,700 a year and still qualify.
EAPR customers may also be eligible for SMUD’s
Residential Weatherization program. At no cost to
them, they may have their homes or apartments
weatherized to improve energy efficiency and
keep down energy costs. To learn more,
visit smud.org. •
Report outages from
your smartphone
With a smartphone in hand, you can alert
us to power outages with just a few taps on
your screen. Point your mobile browser to
m.smud.org and click on “Report Outage.”
Enter your house number, plus your phone
number, meter number or account number, to
help our crews pinpoint the outage. •
SMUD Board of Directors
Your elected Board of Directors holds regular meetings twice a
month: first and third Thursdays at 6 p.m. The first meeting of each
quarter is held at 9 a.m. Meetings are streamed live and archived
on the SMUD website (www.smud.org). Meeting location: SMUD
Headquarters Auditorium, 6201 S St., Sacramento. Times and
locations subject to change. For information and agendas, visit
smud.org, or call the SMUD Board Office at 916-732-6155.
Ward 1
Ward 2
Ward 3
Ward 4
Ward 5
Ward 6
Ward 7
Renée Taylor
Nancy Bui-Thompson • Vice President
Gregg Fishman
Genevieve Shiroma
Rob Kerth • President
Dave Tamayo
Bill Slaton
Customer Service: 1-888-742-SMUD (7683) or SMUD.org. Hours: Monday - Friday, 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.
SMUD, located at 6301 S St., Sacramento, CA 95817. To manage your account online, pay your bill
or view your energy usage, go to smud.org/myaccount.
/mySMUD
/SMUDUpdates
/company/SMUD
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