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Balbina Calvillo
Farmway Village, Caldwell
I am a first generation immigrant from Mexico. I came to this country five years ago and have
called Idaho my home. Like many immigrants, I came here because I wanted to give my
children a better future. Since arriving here, there have been good times and bad times.
A few years ago my power was shut off during the winter months. I came home from work one
day and noticed that I did not have power. I did not know what happened since no one warned
me that the power would be shut off. I lived with my three children at that time, and the
youngest was only one year old.
I worked in a seed company earning $6.00 per hour. I would work my eight hours, but it was not
enough to pay all my bills, so I fell behind with my payments. I was, and continue to be, the
only source of income for my family.
Because I had no telephone, I knocked on the neighbor s door and asked if they could help me
call the power company. When I called, they told me that I needed to pay my bill and I should
go to the Idaho Migrant Council and the Salvation Army for assistance. As instructed, I went to
the Idaho Migrant Council and they helped me pay a portion. I then went to the Salvation Army
and they helped me pay for the rest.
The three days time that we were out of power were among the hardest and most challenging
days I have ever faced. To cook after work, I went to the neighbor s house. During the
mornings when I went to work, I could not use the neighbor s kitchen so I went to work with no
food.
As a mother I felt really bad and demoralized because I could not provide the basics for my
children. Because we had no light I had to wake up my children in the dark so they could get
ready for school. With no heater in the house, the temperature outside was the same inside.
When my children needed to take a shower they would refuse because we had no hot water.
Instead they too went knocking on the neighbors' door and took showers there before heading to
school. Taking care of my one-year-old child in the dark was more challenging, because I had to
change her diaper in the dark and provide for her in the dark. With all my children we would
communicate with our hands and by touching because we had no light.
The time has passed and that is now part of my history. Now, I need to get ready for winter so I
will not go through that experience once again. Looking back, I wish the power company had
sent me information on the winter moratorium, as well as information about my other options to
avoid being shut off.
I wish that the utilities had to print information in Spanish. My English is not good enough
read complicated things like utility bills and notices. My children try to help by translating the
letters, but they can t tell me what everYthing says in Spanish. It shouldn t be their
responsibility, anyway - children should not have to translate utility bills for their parents.
would not be hard for the utility company to send form letters like shutoff notices, and
information about the winter moratorium, in Spanish. In general, I think families should not be
shut off during the winter.
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Bernandina Flores
Marsing, Idaho
I first came to United States as a seasonal farm worker during the 1980s. Years later, my
husband and I decided to call the United States our permanent home. We wanted to give
our children a better future. Two of my children were born in Mexico and four were born
in the U.S. We first lived in California where we worked in the fields picking
strawberries. We moved to Idaho a few years ago and have called Idaho our home since.
One of my sons has graduated from high school and the rest are still in school.
Today, we continue to work in the fields to provide for our family. This summer I
injured my muscles while working in corn detasselling. Since my injury in August , I
have not been able to work permanently - my injury does not allow me to work many
hours, because every time I raise my arm I have severe pain.
A few weeks ago my husband and I started working in an onion-packing warehouse.
Over the summer we were earning $6.00 per hour, but the wages at the warehouse are
$5.25 per hour. Soon after we started working, I had to stop because my injury brought
severe pain. My husband said that I should go to the doctor. When I tried to get my job
back, I was already replaced by another worker. Now my husband is the only one that is
working to support the family. The company does not give many hours so he is only
working about 5 hours a day, but not all seven days. With such circumstances, we have
fallen behind with our payments. I have just received a red paper in the mail saying that
my utility service will be shut off if I don t pay my bill. I am not sure what I am going to
do.
We need to expand the winter moratorium for all families. And we need energy
assistance programs that meet the needs of all Idaho families. Right now, the LIHEAP
program (Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program) is not available to families
that are undocumented - someone in the household has to be a citizen or legal permanent
resident. That is not a problem for my family, but there are a lot of other families that are
affected. They are your neighbors, people with kids who work hard to give them a better
life. Closing them out ofLIHEAP is just not fair. Next year, if the PUC changes the
rules, people who get LIHEAP will also qualify for the Winter Moratorium. That's one
more reason to open the program to all families that need it.
As the months are getting colder, my bills are only going to continue to go up. Please
something needs to be done so that working families do not have to go without heat this
winter.
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