Assistance available to pay utility bills

El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency has money through the federally-funded Home Energy Assistance Program to help income-eligible families pay their energy bills.

HEAP can help with electricity, wood, propane, pellets or heating oil. Renters whose utilities are not separate may qualify for help.

HEAP applications are available in South Lake Tahoe at 3368 Lake Tahoe Blvd., No. 202 or call (530) 573.3490, and in Placerville at 937 Spring St., (530) 621.6150.