Utilities & Utility Discount Program offered at City of Port Townsend
Utilities & Utility Discount Program offered at City of Port Townsend
250 Madison Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368
On Madison St, between the waterfront and Memorial Field Stadium.
Eligibility
A. To implement the program provided for in this chapter, a person is eligible to be charged the low-income rate for utility services if that person shows satisfactory proof that he or she:
1. Meets the requirements of low-income, low-income disabled or low-income senior citizen as defined in Chapter 13.01 PTMC; and
2. Total gross income is below $100,000. The program is capped for households earning over $100,000 regardless of number of persons in the household; and
3. Is a single occupant or the head of a household or the spouse of the head of the household; and
4. Resides in a dwelling unit served directly by the city’s water, sewer or storm drainage utilities; and
5. Is billed or is the spouse of a person billed by the water, sewer or storm drainage utilities of the city; and
6. The applicant shall provide the city finance director with a current statement of eligibility for SSI, SSDI or such disability pension or proof of blindness and such statement shall not be more than three months old.
Hours
Open to the Public: M-Th, 9am-4pm.
Operational Hours: M-F, 8am - 5pm.
(360) 379-4409
Voice·
Utility Billing Department
Application process
Call for details, walk-in for hardcopy application paperwork, or download materials online.
Fees
None.
Service area
Jefferson, WA
A program for applying income-based rate discounts to the billings for water, sewer and storm drainage utility services provided by the city for residents earning low and moderate incomes, certain recipients of supplemental security income (hereinafter SSI), social security disability income (hereinafter SSDI), pursuant to 42 United States Code, as now or hereafter amended, and certain other disabled and low-income persons as hereinafter defined, is established in order to provide necessary support for the poor and disabled.
Providing organization
City of Port Townsend
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