HOUSTON, April 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -. Reliant Energy today announced
the availability of a new discount offer to help former LITE-UP Texas
customers in the Houston area better manage their summer energy bills.
Reliant Energy's 2006 Secure Plan with Summer Savings provides former
LITE-UP customers in the Houston area price security through the end of 2006
and a discount during the hottest months of the year. Specific benefits
include:
* A 5 percent discount from Reliant Energy's current price to beat (PTB)
during the summer months of June through September 2006;
* Pricing that would vary only for changes in law or regulatory charges;
* No monthly customer charge, meaning customers pay only for electricity
they use;
* No enrollment fee and no cancellation fee
Eligible former LITE-UP Texas customers will receive a letter beginning
April 7 inviting them to enroll in the plan. Eligible customers will receive
the 5 percent discount beginning after their first meter read date in June.
The plan will be offered through May 31.
In the past, low-income residents on a registry with the Public Utility
Commission were able to receive discounts on electric service through LITE-UP
Texas, which began in 2002. Some Texas residents were deemed eligible for
LITE-UP through their participation in one or more of the programs
administered by Texas Department of Human Services (TDHS). Funding for LITE-UP
was suspended in the 2005 Texas Legislative budgeting process.
"We recognize the financial hardship that some people in our community
face," said Glen Stancil, vice president, Houston Residential Marketing.
"Through products like our Secure Plan with Summer Savings, our education
efforts around home energy efficiency and our CARE program, we believe that
former LITE-UP customers in the Houston-area will have options to help them
manage their bills through the hot summer months."
For more information on Reliant Energy products and services, visit our
website at http://www.reliant.com or call 713-207-7777.
Reliant Energy, Inc. (NYSE: RRI) based in Houston provides electricity and
energy services to retail and wholesale customers in the United States. In
Texas, the company provides service to approximately 1.9 million retail
electricity customers, including residential and small business customers and
large commercial, industrial, governmental and institutional customers.
Reliant also serves commercial, industrial, governmental and institutional
customers in the PJM (Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland) market.
The company is one of the largest independent power producers in the
nation with approximately 16,000 megawatts of power generation capacity across
the United States. These strategically located generating assets utilize
natural gas, fuel oil and coal. For more information, visit
http://www.reliant.com/corporate .
SOURCE Reliant Energy
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CONTACT:
Pat Hammond of Reliant Energy,
+1-713-497-7723
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