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Puget Sound Energy Provides $250,000 for a Warmer Winter
PSE's third annual Warm Winter campaign supports 85 nonprofits and 12 Washington Tribes across 14 counties
BELLEVUE, Wash. (Nov. 19, 2025) As winter temperatures drop across the Pacific Northwest, Puget Sound Energy (PSE) is helping communities stay warm through its 2025 Warm Winter campaign. The utility has distributed more than $250,000 to 85 nonprofit organizations and 12 Washington Tribes spanning 14 counties to support critical winter needs.
The funding addresses three essential components of a warm winter: providing warm meals, warm clothing and winter necessities, and creating warm hearts through holiday joy events for families and individuals in need.
Now in its third year, the PSE Warm Winter program distributed funds well over a month in advance, allowing partner organizations to plan effectively and count on this funding to ensure access to critical resources during the challenging winter months.
"This is such a challenging time for so many in our community and all the ways people are leaning in, including PSE, are so important," said Maria Metzler, Executive Director of Helpline House. "We - like every food bank in our area - have seen an increase in households coming to us, many for the first time. People are feeling unsure about their employment, their pay, their benefits, and the very systems that are supposed to be there to support them. We are using our collective resources - including the amazing support from our community, PSE included; to ensure folks have access to nutritious foods and perhaps more so, to know that Helpline House is a place they can come when things around them seem uncertain."
Supporting Customers at Home
Beyond community donations, PSE offers customers several ways to create warmer winters at home. The utility provides various home weatherization programs and rebates that help reduce energy bills and improve home comfort. Weatherization prevents the loss of warm or cool air through unseen leaks and seams, offering an effective way to save money and energy.
PSE also helps keep customer homes warm through bill payment assistance programs, including a bill discount rate that can help qualified customers save between 5% and 45% monthly on their energy bills. Customers can visit PSE bill assistance to learn more about assistance programs and determine their eligibility for support.
Funding provided by charitable giving programs from Puget Sound Energy does not come from PSE customer rates or programs and is funded separately by the corporation.
Recipients of Warm Winter campaign
Service Area Communities
Whatcom:
A Watered Garden, Blue skies for Children, Ferndale Food Bank, Friends of the Family Resource Center Bellingham School District, Lynden Community Senior Center, Skookum Kids, Vamos Outdoors, Whatcom Council on Aging Meals on Wheels
Island:
I Support the Girls, Kids first Island County, Readiness to Learn, Senior Services of Island County, South Whidbey Homeless Coalition House of Hope
Skagit:
CCS Farmworker Center, Children of the Valley, Concrete Community Center, LUCHA, Mt Vernon School District, Meals on Wheels Skagit County, Oasis shelter YMCA of Skagit, Triumph Teen Life Center
Snohomish:
Homage Senior Services, Providence General Foundation, Washington Kids in Transition, Millennia Ministries
King:
Bellevue LifeSpring, Cinematique, Dignity for Divas, Essentials First, Greater Maple Valley Community Center, Interfaith Council to Prevent Homelessness, Kandelia, Mission Africa, Mt. Si Senior Center, Outdoors for All Foundation, Reclaim, Sno-Valley Senior Center, The Trail Youth, Treehouse, Vashon Backpack Pantry St John Vianney, Vashon St Vincent DePaul, World Relief
Kitsap:
Helpline House, DocLuvTheKids, Bainbridge Island Senior Community Center, Fishline
Kittitas:
APOYO, FISH Food Bank, Upper Kittitas County Senior Center, Community Builders, Community Christmas Basket (Ellensburg Rotary), Kittitas County Health Network
Pierce:
Boys and Girls Club of South Puget Sound, Gig Harbor Fish Food Bank, Greentrike, HopeSparks Family Services, Lake Tapps Senior Center, Armed Services YMCA, Nourish Pierce County, Orting Senior Center, Our Sister's House, Rebuilding Hope, Saint Francis House
Thurston:
4 the Love Foundation, Boys and Girls Club of Thurston County, Community Youth Services, Dry Tykes and Wet Wipes, Family Support Center, Rochester Organization of Families (ROOF), Senior Services for South Sound
Lewis:
Boys and Girls Club of Chehalis, Forgotten Children's Fund, Hope Alliance, Toledo Neighbors Program
Tribal Nations:
Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, Lummi Indian Nation, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, Nisqually Indian Tribe, Nooksack Tribe, Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, The Suquamish Foundation, Tulalip Tribes of WA, Upper Skagit Indian Tribe
Generation communities:
Garfield Chamber of Commerce Giving Tree, City of Columbus human services, Columbia County Senior Center, Dayton School District, Goldendale Food Bank, Pomeroy Assist, Pomeroy Partners for Healthy Families, Project Hope, Project Timothy Christian Aid Center, Super Citizens
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