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Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020 Shelton~Mason Journal Page A-11
PUD1 urges customers to apply for CARES Act moe
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Mason County Public Utility
District 1, facing a high balance of
past-due accoUnts before winter
has even started, wants custom-
ers to know that financial help is
available. The CARES (Coronavi—
rus Aid, Relief, and Economic Se-
curity) Act offers federal money
to people financially affected by
COVID~19 to help them pay util-
ity bills.
“If we don’t use all the funds
by the end of the month, we for—
feit them, and we’re not OK with
that,” said Kristin Masteller,
PUD 1 general manager. “We
worked hard to secure these
funds for the households we
serve.”
Masteller urged PUD custom-
ers to apply by either going online
to mason-pudl.org/pud-l-cares-
assistance or by picking up a
form at the PUD office’s drop box,
then submitting it by Nov. 20.
Any COVID-related financial
hardships that a PUD customer
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qualifies, even if you were laid off
due to COVID but have since re-
gained employment, she empha-
sized.
“Whether you had to stay
home from your job to help your
kids with remote learning or
you work in a service industry
job like a restaurant that’s seen
a reduction in hours or tips due
to COVID, or you’ve been ex-
posed to the virus and incurred
extra medical bills, all these ex-
penses qualify for aid,” Masteller
said. “Just about anything that’s
knocked you off-course since this
pandemic was declared would
qualify.”
Masteller stressed that
CARES Act aid for paying utility
bills is not tied to customers’ in~
come levels.
“This funding is tied to COVID
impacts, not income,” Masteller
said. “Whether you submit your
application online or in person,
please make a follow-up phone
call to the PUD at 360-877-5249
to ensure we received your com-
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Masteller lamented the rela-
tively few applications the PUD
has received to date for the aid,
especially given the number of
customers whose accounts are
past due heading into winter.
“We don’t want to see our cus—
tomers fall so far behind on their
bills that they might never be
able to catch up again,” Masteller
said. “As a public agency, we’re
not allowed to forgive these cus-
tomers’ debts. It’s also important
for the PUD to receive those pay-
ments, because none of us utili-
ties were prepared to carry such
huge balances over the winter
months for so many people since
we still have to pay the Bonnev-
ille Power Administration for the
power they use. But this way,
PUD customers receive direct re-
lief to offset their debts.”
Mason PUD 3 also had CARES
Act money available to their cus-
tomers who have been financially
affected by COVID, but the dead-
line for applications to PUD 3
was Nov. 10.
Mason County PUD No. 1 water Operator Roost-
er Ogg adds cheese to a hambuger during the
utility’s anniversary celebration in September.
The PUD is inviting those affected by COVID-19
to apply for CARES Act money through the end
of November. Journal file photo by Gordon Weeks
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