Oncor Reports Final Totals For Smart Devices Provided To Low-Income Customers Under REP Reimbursement Program

With funding exhausted, Oncor reported the total number of in-home devices provided to customers by REPs under the program which reimbursed retail electric providers for providing free programmable communicating thermostats and in-home displays (collectively, in-home devices) to low-income customers

As of January 10, 2017, REPs participating in the Oncor program distributed 31,122 in-home devices to 20,531 eligible low-income customers in 443 zip codes in Oncor's service territory from January 2015 to December 2016.

Some $10 million had been made available for reimbursements under the program (less Oncor's administrative costs)

REPs provided about 18,000 programmable communicating thermostats and 13,000 in-home displays in the Oncor service area under the program