Written by a parent, not a doctor. Nothing here is medical advice.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Self-Identified Vulnerable Program · About this organization

What you get

Help with proactive outage outreach and additional disconnection notice.

How to start

Read the eligibility rules and have your PG&E account and household information ready for the official application.

Good to know

  • No income rule is published.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Open

A PG&E account holder not already enrolled in Medical Baseline can self-identify a household member whose health or safety may be at risk during an energy outage and receive extra outreach and notice.

What help you may get

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Self-Identified Vulnerable Program benefit

Enhanced outage and disconnection outreach for a self-identified medically vulnerable household.

Noncash help · Recurring

Can cover

  • Proactive outage outreach
  • Additional disconnection notice

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. The published eligibility is account-, household-, income-, payment-, or medical-need based, so a household affected by B-ALL can qualify if it meets those criteria; B-ALL alone does not establish eligibility.

Age

No numeric age limit is published.

  • Eligibility is tied to the PG&E account or household rather than patient age.

Treatment status

No specific treatment status is published.

  • No income rule is published.
  • No income rule is published.

Where you live and where your child is treated

Where your family lives

You must live in: An eligible address within PG&E's Northern and Central California service territory..

  • The applicant must have an eligible PG&E service address or account; California residence outside PG&E territory does not qualify.

Where your child is treated

Treatment-location rules are not published clearly; confirm with the program.

How to get started

Get ready to apply

Does a social worker or care team need to start it? No. A required care-team start is not published; the family can use the available route below.

Who can start: Parent Or Guardian, Caregiver

  1. Review eligibility and prepare the PG&E account and household information requested by the official route.
  2. Submit through the official application, authenticated account, or current form route.

Ways to apply or ask

  • Online Portal · Open form or page — Use the official page to start or reach the current application.

Documents to prepare

No documents are listed.

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsOpen
Funding or spaceAvailable
Application windowRolling
Last checkedAug 27, 2026
  • Eligible account holders can self-enroll through My Account; status lasts one year and can be renewed.
  • Eligible account holders can self-enroll through My Account; status lasts one year and can be renewed.

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Available only to an eligible PG&E account or service address in PG&E territory; this is not a statewide California entitlement.
  • No income rule is published.

Official sources

Program details were last verified Aug 27, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.

Official program