When I lived in Texas they had a little know program, I can’t recall what it was named. But you could get a special application from the utility company that you had a medical reason for needing AC. Mine was the psych meds that could cause overheating 🥵. That along with being on disability got me a small break in price plus they averaged my utilities so the bill was pretty much the same year round. I’m from Minnesota so in the winter I hardly used the heat. So their averaging the bills was very helpful. Do you think California has something like that?