Ending the silence

September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, and Thomas Russell Middle School is hosting an event Sept. 25 to help families in the Milpitas Unified School District start conversations about recognizing the warning signs for suicide and connecting people to resources and services.

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Last year the middle school hosted Ending the Silence for Families, a presentation for parents by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) that includes warning signs, facts and statistics, how to talk with children and how to work with school staff. This year the workshop is being expanded to include all families with students in middle or high school.

The workshop is set for 5:30-7 p.m. RSVP to http://bit.ly/47nBja9

Credit is due

Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE), a Sunnyvale-based clean electricity provider, is issuing at total of $33 million to its customers through a one-time automatic bill credit.

Residential customers in Milpitas and other South Bay cities will receive a credit of approximately $50—nearly 24% of the average total monthly energy bill. Nonresidential customers will also receive a credit, which will be determined by the customers’ historic energy use. Credits will be automatically applied to upcoming PG&E bills for electricity used in August.

The SVCE Board of Directors identified affordable energy as a top issue for the agency and found the funding for the bill credits during its midyear budget review.

“Reinvesting in our communities is core to the SV Clean Energy mission,” said SVCE Board Chair and Los Altos Hills Councilmember George Tyson in a release. “We board members are here representing our communities, and we know that increasing costs have impacted our residents and businesses.”

SVCE generation services comprise approximately one-third of electricity bills, with the remainder coming from PG&E.