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Do NOLA residents ever have to pay a single utility bill?
Posted on 8/22/23 at 2:02 pm
Posted on 8/22/23 at 2:02 pm
All I ever see on the news is bill assistance this, bill assistance that, free free free free
Do other parishes in the state get as much aid as NOLA?!
Do other parishes in the state get as much aid as NOLA?!
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Posted on 8/22/23 at 2:03 pm to JS87
It's only for the low income folk.
Posted on 8/22/23 at 2:03 pm to JS87
Yes. I am white, so yes I have to pay all of my utility bills.
Posted on 8/22/23 at 2:03 pm to JS87
nope, utilities are subsidized through the "Boot For No Brake Tag" program
Posted on 8/22/23 at 2:04 pm to JS87
Some don't pay any, some luck baws pay multiple times.
Equality!
Equality!
Posted on 8/22/23 at 2:44 pm to JS87
It just means Lakeview/uptown bills will increase again.
Posted on 8/22/23 at 2:47 pm to JS87
Talking about recent announcement to suspend shutting off power through Sept 9th? Don’t think that’ll clear the balance though
Posted on 8/22/23 at 2:48 pm to JS87
Reparations
Posted on 8/22/23 at 2:56 pm to JS87
if you are poor and lazy you get help with housing, food, medical care, free phone, and yes can get your utilities cheaper. Not sure about entergy, but with like cox you can.
Welp here you go.
lol, we are so fricked.
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LIHEAP is a federally funded program that helps households with their home energy expenses. The LIHEAP program may provide heating/cooling bill payment assistance, crisis bill payment assistance, and/or heating/cooling equipment repair/replacement assistance. Read on for more information on the program.
Welp here you go.
lol, we are so fricked.
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To be eligible for this benefit program, you must be a resident of Louisiana and you must need financial assistance with home energy costs.
A person who participates or has family members who participate in certain other benefit programs, such as SNAP, SSI, TANF, automatically meets the eligibility requirement.
This post was edited on 8/22/23 at 2:59 pm
Posted on 8/22/23 at 3:01 pm to dgnx6
You can only get assistance thru LIHEAP once every 6 months I believe.
Posted on 8/22/23 at 3:14 pm to JS87
The only bill, that is not debited out of my bank account, is Entergy. It's cheap (avg $65 month) but I'm dumb & keep forgetting to pay it.
Ever since Covid in 2020, I noticed Entergy let me go 6 months before they cut off power. It happened again 6 months to the day later. I set my phone calendar to notify me just one day short of 6 months, and paid the $400 bill and the lights stayed on.
I've ashamedly been doing it ever since. Next payment is mid-December. (Tho it would just be slightly cheaper to not accrue $3/mo. late fees if I just take the time to set my calendar to notify me each month.)
Ever since Covid in 2020, I noticed Entergy let me go 6 months before they cut off power. It happened again 6 months to the day later. I set my phone calendar to notify me just one day short of 6 months, and paid the $400 bill and the lights stayed on.
I've ashamedly been doing it ever since. Next payment is mid-December. (Tho it would just be slightly cheaper to not accrue $3/mo. late fees if I just take the time to set my calendar to notify me each month.)
Posted on 8/22/23 at 3:17 pm to LSUFreek
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The only bill, that is not debited out of my bank account, is Entergy. It's cheap (avg $65 month) but I'm dumb & keep forgetting to pay it.
Right at the beginning of covid they changed their billpay and my card was removed so it no longer autopaid.
Like you, have gone months forgetting to pay and nothing happens. Believe they even did away with late fees for a while.
Posted on 8/22/23 at 3:20 pm to fightin tigers
Then set your calendar just shy of 6 months 
Posted on 8/22/23 at 3:28 pm to dgnx6
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if you are poor and lazy you get help with housing, food, medical care, free phone, and yes can get your utilities cheaper.
By the time you jump through all the bureaucratic hoops to get all this free stuff, I think I'd rather just get a job.
Posted on 8/22/23 at 3:43 pm to Tiger Attorney
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It just means Lakeview/uptown bills will increase again.
Yep, and our roads still suck.
Posted on 8/22/23 at 5:07 pm to dgnx6
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A person who participates or has family members who participate in certain other benefit programs, such as SNAP, SSI, TANF, automatically meets the eligibility requirement.
Brought to you by the brain trust of Marx and Lenin
"From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" (German: Jeder nach seinen Fähigkeiten, jedem nach seinen Bedürfnissen) is a slogan popularised by Karl Marx in his 1875 Critique of the Gotha Programme. The principle refers to free access to and distribution of goods, capital and services.
Posted on 8/22/23 at 6:27 pm to JS87
I’m white and pay all of mine in full all the time
They are slow to do shut offs for lack of payment, but sometimes it takes even longer to get them turned back on once they’re off
They are slow to do shut offs for lack of payment, but sometimes it takes even longer to get them turned back on once they’re off
Posted on 8/22/23 at 6:45 pm to LSUFreek
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The only bill, that is not debited out of my bank account, is Entergy. It's cheap (avg $65 month) but I'm dumb & keep forgetting to pay it. Ever since Covid in 2020, I noticed Entergy let me go 6 months before they cut off power. It happened again 6 months to the day later. I set my phone calendar to notify me just one day short of 6 months, and paid the $400 bill and the lights stayed on. I've ashamedly been doing it ever since. Next payment is mid-December. (Tho it would just be slightly cheaper to not accrue $3/mo. late fees if I just take the time to set my calendar to notify me each month.)
I would be afraid of damaging my credit with that plan.
Posted on 8/22/23 at 7:13 pm to JS87
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Do other parishes in the state get as much aid as NOLA?!
You might as well just tattoo “I’m an imbecile” on your forehead.
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