Energy Burden in Texas

Energy burden is a measure of energy poverty representing the percentage of population that spends a significant amount of their income for energy bills. In specific areas of Harris County in Texas, more than 7% of population spend more than 20% of household income to cover energy bills!

Just imagine how it feels to give up on food in order to pay for your energy needs...

Gridmates mission is to help electric utilities improve their existing Bill & Energy Assistance programs and transform them with digital innovation. Gridmates cloud based platform for smart energy donations help electric utilities increase amount of online donations and provide more help to their low income customers who may suffer from energy poverty.