Utility and Community Resource Fair to Help Boyle Heights Residents Save on Utility Costs


REMINDER, Oct. 20, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar, Public Utilities Commissioner Dian M. Grueneich, Los Angeles Unified School District Board President Monica Garcia and other officials will join Southern California Gas Co. (The Gas Company) at a free Boyle Heights Neighborhood Utility and Community Resource Fair to offer information on utility bill assistance, energy efficiency, earthquake preparedness programs and affordable lending information.


 WHAT:    The collaborative Utility and Community Resource Fair will
          include experts from The Gas Company, California Public
          Utilities Commission, Southern California Edison, AT&T,
          Weingart East Los Angeles YMCA, L.A. Neighborhood Housing
          Services, L.A. Conservation Corps, Metropolitan Water
          District of Southern California, Los Angeles Department of
          Water and Power (DWP), Verizon Wireless, Sprint, and
          T-Mobile.

          Residents are encouraged to bring their cell phone, AT&T,
          Gas Company, Southern California Edison or DWP bill to be
          eligible to win up to $100 credit toward a utility bill
          during the hourly raffle, in addition to other giveaway
          items. The event will feature free lunch, entertainment and
          information booths.

          Officials will be awarding first-, second- and third-place
          awards to elementary, middle and senior high school students
          who participated in the Conservation Ad Contest.

 WHEN:    Oct. 20, 2007
          12 noon, press conference and awards ceremony
          (Energy fair is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.)

 WHERE:   Hollenbeck Middle School
          2510 E. 6th Street
          Boyle Heights

 WHO:     Fabian Nunez, Speaker of the Assembly
          Jose Huizar, L.A. City Councilman, District 14
          Dian M.Grueneich, California Public Utilities Commission
           Commissioner
          Monica Garcia, LAUSD Board President
          Michelle Mueller, Vice President, The Gas Company

 CONTACT: Denise King, The Gas Company
          (877) 866-2066