Utility assistance programs are inaccessible via broken websites and discriminatory eligibility
PG&E's website fails to surface payment arrangement options despite agents confirming eligibility by phone, blocking financially struggling customers from accessing available assistance. LIHEAP assistance was also denied to a SNAP-eligible customer. These access failures disproportionately harm low-income and single-adult customers without dependents, who are systematically excluded from hardship programs.
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