Medical Life Support Rate - 50% off first 500 kWh

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Customers who need electricity for life-sustaining devices may qualify for 50 percent off the first 500 kilowatthours used during each residential billing cycle.

Modesto Irrigation District (MID ) offers a discount rate for customers who are dependent on medical life support devices at home or who have a condition or disease that requires special heating or air conditioning. This discount cuts in half the cost of the first 500 kilowatthours (kWh) of electricity used in each billing cycle. The discount is for only the first 500 kWh of electricity.

To sign up:

1. Download and print the MLS packet. (PDF)
2. Complete and sign the Customer Certification part of the form.
3. Ask your doctor to complete and sign the Physician’s Certification part of the form.
4. You can mail or ask your doctor's office to mail the completed Certification form to:
   
   Modesto Irrigation District
   P.O. Box 4060
   Modesto, CA 95352-4060

When MID has received both parts of the Certification form, we will send you a letter to say that you are now on the Medical Life Support rate.

Questions? Call MID at (209) 526-7337 or toll free at (888) 335-1643.

You may qualify if:

1. You (or a full-time member of your household) use a life support device. This is a piece of medical equipment that sustains your life or gives you mobility. You must use the medical device at home. The device must be electric and uses electricity supplied by MID.
   
2. You (or a full-time member of your household) is a paraplegic, hemiplegic or quadriplegic with special heating or air conditioning needs.
   
3. You (or a full-time member of your household) has cystic fibrosis, multiple sclerosis or similar medical condition that requires special heating or air conditioning needs.

Life support devices:

Life support devices include, but are not limited to: respirators, iron lungs, hemodialysis machines, suction machines, electric nerve stimulators, pressure pads and pumps, aerosol tents, electrostatic and ultrasonic nebulizers, compressors, IPPB machines, and motorized wheelchairs.

Devices used for therapy rather than life support generally do not qualify.

You need to know:

You must pay your electric bill on time each month to avoid having your power shut off. If MID turns your electricity off because you did not pay your bill, you are responsible for providing electric power to run your life support device.

You are responsible for backup power to run your life support device during power outages. MID does not and cannot give you a 100 percent guarantee that you will have electric service at all times. We strongly recommend that you have a backup power supply for your life support device. This will keep the life support device running even if MID power is out.

You must fill out new customer and physician certification forms each year. MID will let you know when it is time to do this.

Questions?

• E-mail Customer Services at customerservices@mid.org , or
• Call (209) 526-7337 or toll-free (888) 335-1643.