Columbia Gas offers payment assistance program

Columbia Gas offers payment assistance program

COLUMBUS

Columbia Gas of Ohio, which has about 1.4 million customers in 61 of Ohio’s 88 counties, is offering an assistance fund of $2.5 million to help income-eligible customers pay their natural gas bills once a year over the next five winter heating seasons.

Columbia Gas customers, those with incomes up to 200 percent of federal poverty guidelines ($47,100 for a family of four) may apply for Columbia Fuel Fund assistance through their local community action agency. Local agency contact information can be obtained by calling Columbia at 1-800-344-4077.

A disconnection notice is not required for eligibility, but customers must have exhausted all other available assistance programs such as Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) and the Winter Crisis Fund to qualify. Information and eligibility requirements are available at ColumbiaGasOhio.com.