2008 - National Energy and Utility Affordability Conference

Workshops – Session 4
4-A Linking Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency to Assist
Low-Income Consumers: Opportunities and Barriers
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Jennifer Gremmert, Energy Outreach Colorado
Ravi Malhotra, International Center for Appropriate and Sustainable Technology (iCAST)
David Alspector, graduate student, University of Colorado at Boulder
Global warming is heightening our focus on renewable energy technologies and energy
efficiency to assist in reducing carbon emissions. Reducing energy usage also has the added
benefit of lowering energy costs. How can low-income advocates and environmental
advocates work more closely to achieve our common goals?
4-B Building Owners, Utility Companies, Not-for-Profits:
Partners in Weatherization and Energy Conservation
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Marsha Belcher, CEDA, Chicago
John Hamilton, CEDA, Chicago
René Gonzales, Commonwealth Edison
This workshop will describe a newly-launched program funded by Commonwealth Edison
and administered by CEDA in Cook County, Illinois. It will explore the program guidelines
and the roles of all stakeholders. Participants will learn how to obtain landlord buy-in and
what role the renters play. Learn how to leverage components of existing LIHEAP and
Weatherization programs.
4-C Energy Payment Assistance Programs:
Design and Evaluation of Different Models
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Sadie John Kroeck, Dominion
David Carroll, APPRISE, Inc.
Jackie Berger, APPRISE, Inc.
Bill payment assistance programs using several different approaches have been
implemented around the country to help low-income customers with unaffordable
energy bills. In Pennsylvania, individual utility companies design and implement their own
Customer Assistance Programs (CAPs). In New Jersey, the Board of Public Utilities has
implemented a statewide Universal Service Fund Program (USF). APPRISE has conducted
evaluations of four Pennsylvania utilities’ CAPs and the New Jersey USF Program. This
presentation will describe how the approaches differ and discuss what the evaluation
research reveals about the program design choices.
4-D Meet the Feds: Interact With Federal LIHEAP Officials §
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Jo-Ann Choate, Maine State Housing Authority
Josephine B. Robinson, Office of Community Services, U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services
Nick St. Angelo, Office of Community Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Energy Assistance,
distributes and oversees more than $2 billion a year in Low Income Home Energy Assistance
Program funding to states and tribes. Representatives of this office will discuss the status of
LIHEAP and answer your questions about the program.
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