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Medical Equipment Discount rate
Applicability
If you or a full-time resident of your household requires an electrically powered device for medical reasons, SMUD's Medical Equipment Discount (MED) Rate can save you more than 30 percent on your electric bill every month.
Qualified customers that participate in MED Rate will have discounts of:
- 35 percent on Tier 1 usage
- 30 percent on Tier 2 usage
- 30 percent on Tier 3 usage
- 30 percent on monthly service charge
Medical equipment device
A medical equipment device, for purposes of MED Rate, is defined as any medical device requiring utility-supplied energy for its operation that is regularly required to sustain the life of a full-time resident in the home.
Qualifying medical equipment 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.
The term also includes air conditioning for all residential rate categories or electric heat for customers on an electric space heat rate, for paraplegic, hemiplegic, or quadriplegic and multiple sclerosis patients.
Eligibility
To qualify for the Medical Equipment Discount Rate, you must provide certification by a physician or osteopath that you or a full-time resident in your home is:
- Dependent on a medical equipment device used in your home, or
- Paraplegic, hemiplegic or quadriplegic, or a multiple sclerosis patient with special electric space-heating needs or air conditioning needs.
Medical conditions other than paraplegia, hemiplegia, quadriplegia or multiple sclerosis may also qualify for this rate if electrically operated equipment is used to sustain, restore or supplant a vital function.
Application
The Medical Equipment Discount Rate option will be effective at the beginning of the billing period in which the request is received and approved.
Get the MED rate application here. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view or print; the software is available for free on the Adobe Web site.)