Nearly 30,000 Arizona APS customers eligible for SRP rebate

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) – In terms of electrical energy utilization, almost 30,000 APS prospects throughout the Valley could also be eligible for a rebate. That rebate can be paid by way of competing utility firm SRP.

For many of the final 40 years, APS buyer and Phoenix resident Marc Burke has earned a pleasant chunk of change after he utilized for the rebate. “I do it robotically yearly,” Burke mentioned. “My greatest rebate was about $425.”

Three-quarters of the greater than 5,000 those that utilized for final yr’s rebate acquired cash, with the common quantity being almost $400. After that, payouts ranged from lower than $3 to virtually $2,000. “For 5 minutes, you will get some huge cash again,” Burke mentioned.

Some APS prospects are getting a refund on their electrical energy as a result of, technically, they’re in SRP neighborhoods, the place the charges can be cheaper. However these prospects stay in parts of the neighborhood that had been already served by an electrical firm that later turned a part of APS. “APS and SRP have legally outlined service territories outlined by the Arizona Revised Statutem,” mentioned SRP consultant Laurane Sotelo.

Sotelo says which means these APS prospects in Phoenix and different Valley cities can’t grow to be SRP prospects. Nonetheless, since 1928, these APS prospects have been eligible to be compensated. So at the moment, so long as these prospects each personal and occupy the eligible residence (or have a direct relative dwelling there) and have paid no less than 15% greater than what they might have paid for electrical energy in the event that they had been SRP prospects, they’ll hear from the SRP.

“If the client meets the 15% threshold, they’re mailed a letter informing that we’re conducting this system and to submit an software,” Sotelo mentioned.

Simply since you apply for these rebates doesn’t imply you’ll get the cash. However when you’ve utilized up to now and haven’t earned cash, issues may very well be totally different this yr.

Burke didn’t get any cash final yr as a result of he didn’t meet all the factors. However he’s already submitted his software for this yr. He has ideas about how one can get above that 15% threshold. “I’ve observed that within the winter, the APS payments are nearer to the SRP payments than they’re in the summertime as a proportion,” he mentioned. “So in the summertime, you need to use extra energy to recover from the road.”

The deadline to use for the SRP rebate is 5 p.m. on September fifth. You may apply on-line or by calling 602-236-8888.

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