The deadline to apply for assistance through the Emergency Utility Relief Grant program, which helps utilities customers experiencing COVID-19-related financial hardships pay their utility bills, is Friday, December 11.

Billing cycles eligible for consideration include March 2020 through December 2020.

City utility customers must meet the following requirements identified below to qualify for financial assistance through the program:

• Applicants must be experiencing a financial hardship due to job loss or income reduction related to COVID-19.
• Applicants must be City of Lockhart customers with active utility accounts.
• Applicants must be City of Lockhart customers under whose name the utility account is registered and established.

Eligible utility items include:

• Services including electric, water, wastewater and solid waste
• Monthly service charges for utility services
• Late payment penalty
• Service disconnection fee

The funding source for the Emergency Utility Relief Grant program is from the City of Lockhart’s allotment of Coronavirus Relief Fund from the Texas Department of Emergency Management authorized under the CARES Act.

For more information and to access an application, call Lockhart City Hall at (512)398-3461 or click here.