Stark Industries is committing $50,000 to help up to 200 Dallas-area households facing imminent electric-service disconnection.

The Dallas Keep the Lights On Fund will provide up to $250 per household toward an overdue residential electric bill when that payment can prevent disconnection or restore recently disconnected service.

Priority will go to lower-income households with a documented shutoff notice or recent disconnection, particularly homes with older adults, people with disabilities, young children, or other heat-related vulnerabilities. Assistance will not be first-come, first-served.

Payments will go directly to the utility account or through a qualified utility-assistance partner, never as unrestricted cash. Before approving assistance, Stark will verify the amount required and seek confirmation that the payment will prevent disconnection or restore service.

If a household owes substantially more than $250, Stark will not make a partial payment and describe the crisis as resolved unless there is a credible plan for the remaining balance. Where possible, Stark will help connect residents with additional utility assistance.

Cases involving an imminent shutoff will receive expedited review. For straightforward, verified cases, Stark will target payment authorization within one business day.

Applications will open after Stark has verified an end-to-end process for application, approval, direct payment, and utility confirmation. Participating payment channels, eligibility requirements, and assisted-application options will be published before launch.

Within 60 days, Stark will report the number of households assisted, average assistance, total funds distributed, eligible households left unfunded, and, where verifiable, the number of households whose disconnection was prevented or whose service was restored.

$50,000. Up to 200 households. Keep a past-due bill from becoming a dark house.