Medical Baseline Allowance for Utilities

Let there be light for less$$

Scleroderma symptoms are complicated by heat and cold. Too much heat stimulates inflammation and cold aggravates Reynauds so to provide myself an environment that is temperate is a must. In this age of modern conveniences, furnaces and air conditioning compensates for what Mother Nature throws our way, but that comfort comes with a price. It is wise to check if the place you live has programs to help offset the high costs of energy. For example in California scleroderma patients can get additional quantities of energy at the  (baseline) price for residential customers. To qualify for  Medical Baseline, a California-licensed physician must certify that a full-time resident in your home has one of these medical conditions:

• Dependent on life-support equipment while at home,
• A paraplegic, hemiplegic, quadriplegic or multiple sclerosis patient with special heating and/or cooling needs,
• A scleroderma patient with special heating needs, or
• A life-threatening illness or compromised immune system with special heating and/or cooling requirements to sustain the patient's life or prevent deterioration of the patient's medical condition.

There is a link below to the PG&E California Medical Baseline Allowance Web site. There is also a link to the SCLERO.ORG by the International Scleroderma Foundation providing information on various assistance.