Smart Energy Council to Network Huntsville-area Utility Assistance Programs, Create Long-term Solutions

Serving the City

Daniel Dean works on installing weather proofing during the 2009 Serving the City as One. More than 2,000 Christians fan out across Huntsville in April each year to participate in service projects city-wide. People from all faiths and no faiths work together each September for a similar service day, and many of the projects from both events involve helping people to weather-proof their homes to attempt to control energy bills. The newly formed Smart Energy Council, a network of faith-based, non-profit, government and volunteer organizations that help people in need, will attempt to coordinate and maximize long-term energy solutions for people in need. (Re-posted from The Huntsville Times file / Courtesy Debbie McDaniel)

Reported by Kay Campbell at AL.com:

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – Costly utility bills – courtesy of our area’s wacky winter weather and compounded by inadequate insulation and inefficient heating systems – are tipping some families into poverty and some impoverished people into homelessness.

In response to the crisis, Nexus is facilitating the organization of the Smart Energy Council to link Huntsville-area non-profit, community and faith-based organizations that work with families in need.

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