San Diego Gas & Electric customers will catch a break on their October bills.

A discount of $81.38 will be applied to the electricity portion of their monthly statements. The reduction is related to the California Climate Credit that is implemented semi-annually to customers of all investor-owned utilities in the state, including SDG&E.

The climate credit is funded through the state’s cap-and-trade program that requires power plants, natural gas providers and large industries that emit greenhouse gases to buy permits on the carbon pollution they produce.

Billing cycles vary, so each individual SDG&E customer will not see the credit on their statements at the same time in October. Customers don’t need to apply to receive the credits; they appear automatically.

Customers of the two comm

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