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Operation Fuel is beginning its Winter Energy Assistance Program on Monday, January 27, 2025. CEO Perkin Simpson explains the latest in their fight to help Connecticut residents in receiving energy/utility assistance.
LIVE from The Travelers Championship: Operation FuelRoxanna Booth, President & CEO of Operation Fuel, shares the importance of supporting Operation Fuel all year long!
Welcome Dime Bank to iHeartCommunities! President and Chief Executive Officer Nick Caplanson chats about our new partnership! He is joined by Dime Bank Foundation's Dee Sullivan who surprise our community partner Operation Fuel with a $25,000 donation!!!
President & CEO Brenda Watson of Operation Fuel shares information on how you can help and support those in need across Connecticut.
Brenda Watson, Executive Director of Operation Fuel, discusses the increase in applications for the last energy assistance season.
Christine Stuart from CT News Junkie discusses Operation Fuel.
A conversation with Brenda Watson, Executive Director of Operation Fuel, and Kathy Fay, Director of Community Sustainability at Neighborhood Housing Services, about the huge jump in electricity bills in CT and how ratepayers can save money or get assistance
As Connecticut's Operation Fuel prepares for a busy fall and winter heating season, Executive Director Brenda Watson discusses challenges with affordability, sustainable energy, and ways people can apply for help.
This episode explores energy and environmental justice with Operation Fuel's Executive Director Brenda Watson, who is elevating awareness as well as challenging the structural causes of home energy affordability. Watson's professional career spans 20 years in the areas of energy affordability, transportation planning, municipal government, and community organizing.The financial burden that low-income communities and communities of color face when it comes to energy consumption is indeed a societal issue, not one that specific to that community. It is up to lawmakers and people no matter where they land in the social strata, to make informed, sound policy and advocacy decisions that improve the lives of those who are disadvantaged if our goal is to move toward a more just society. For more information about Operation Fuel, visit https://operationfuel.org________Music Prod. by: Wayne “Mport-P” Carroll Jr for Presidential Block Development Group (PBDG)Learn more about STEM-OPS at https://stem-ops.orgVisit us on social media:Twitter: https://twitter.com/stem_opsLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stem-ops/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/STEMOpsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/stemopportunitiesinprisonsetti/
Moratorium on Non-Hardship Residential Service Disconnections Ends September 15 Eversource says there are plans and programs available to help and prevent service disconnection BERLIN, Conn. (September 7, 2021) – Eversource is alerting customers that the moratorium on service disconnections for non-payment will end for non-hardship residential customers in Connecticut on September 15, in accordance with state regulations. The energy company suspended disconnection activities at the onset of the pandemic nearly a year and a half ago and the moratorium on service disconnection for residential customers identified as having a financial hardship remains in place. Any customer who needs help with their bill should contact the energy company now to learn about payment assistance options and protections from service disconnection. Any customer, residential or non-residential, who is having trouble paying their bill should contact us immediately so we can work with them and get them enrolled in one of the many programs we offer. Participating in a payment plan or assistance program will prevent you from being disconnected.” With Connecticut residential customers using, on average, up to 35% more electricity to keep cool during the hot summer months, it is particularly important that customers are aware of Eversource's various payment assistance options. The energy company is reminding all customers it has a variety of payment plans and programs available to help and prevent service disconnection, including: The Matching Payment Program, for electric or gas heating customers, which offers monthly payments as low as $50. Enrollment for the upcoming heating season begins November 1.The New Start program, for electric customers, which forgives overdue balances as on-time monthly budget payments are made.Winter Protection, which provides protection from disconnection from November to May.Energy Assistance, which provides payments toward a customer's heating bill.The COVID-19 Payment Plan, which all Eversource customers – regardless of financial need, residential and non-residential – are eligible to sign-up for to pay a past-due balance over a period of up to 24 months with no interest charges and no down payment. Enrollment is open through September 30, or when the State of Connecticut's public health and civil preparedness emergency ends. Additional help for overdue bills may be available from Operation Fuel and Unite CT, which provides eligible renters up to $1,500 of past due electric expenses and past or future rent expenses. Customers are also encouraged to take advantage of the energy company's energy efficiency solutions that can help them better manage their energy use. Customers who face disconnection will receive multiple letters in the mail from Eversource letting them know that their service is scheduled to be shut off for non-payment and steps they should take to avoid disconnection. As a reminder, the energy company will never call threatening to shut off power and demanding immediate payment. To help customers learn more about the payment options and assistance programs available, Eversource is hosting a free webinar Friday, September 10 at 12 p.m. Energy company representatives will outline steps customers can take to prevent service disconnection after the moratorium on those activities expires for non-hardship residential customers on September 15, 2021. Customers must register ahead of time to attend the free session and can do so by visiting Eversource.com/BillHelp. Customers can also learn more
Birdies for Charity: Operation FuelDana Barcellos-Allen, Director of Marketing and DevelopmentOperation Fuel ensures equitable access to energy for all by providing year-round energy and utility assistance, promoting energy independence, and advocating for affordable energy.
Operation Fuel Energy Assistance in 2021Brenda Watson, Executive Director of Operation Fuel shares how you can receive energy assistance.
Birdies for Charity interview with Operation Fuel Dana Barcellos-Allen, Director of Marketing and DevelopmentOperation Fuel ensures equitable access to energy for all by providing year-round energy and utility assistance, promoting energy independence, and advocating for affordable energy.
Many people are concerned about energy assistance due loss of work as a result of the coronvirus, Operation Fuel is here to help CT residents! Take a listen to our interview with Brenda Watson, Executive Director for Operation Fuel.
Paul Pacelli came back from vacation with one dynamite episode Connecticut Today. He started off with his thoughts on legislative pay after a local politician said that legislators should be paid more. He then talked to F.H. Buckley about his new book about if states would secede from the union. Brenda Watson from Operation Fuel came aboard to talk about what their program is doing and then State Senator Tony Hwang stopped in to talk to Paul about what he expects this year in the legislative session and even took a couple phone calls!
Did you know that more than 400,000 Connecticut households can’t afford their energy bills? Tune in and learn how you can help Operation Fuel keep vulnerable neighbors and families warm and safe this winter. Then check out our chat with AARP CT and hear about the seven latest “Livable Communities” projects aiming to help neighborhoods, towns and cities become great places for people of all ages. Is your community on the list? Then we'll touch base with Boys and Girls Village - serving more than 800 youths from over 50 communities in at-risk situations. We'll meet the agency's new President & CEO, hear about their new Life Skills & Vocational Training Center, and expanding partnerships with Housatonic and Gateway Community Colleges.
Episode Notes You’re about to hear a problem from our November, 2018 show, and our panelists were Elijah Hilliman, a Hartford native and co-owner of Semilla Cafe + Studio, Allan Smith of Sea Tea Improv, and Operation Fuel; and Cynthia Kane, who lives at the intersection of motherhood, ministry, and the military.You should know, there may be profanity and direct references to adult themes in this episode.To see the show and for more information, visit www.seateaimprov.com.What's your advice? Or issue? Email Chion@ChionWolf.com.Support Asking for a Friend with Chion Wolf by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/asking-for-a-friend-with-chionFind out more at https://asking-for-a-friend-with-chion.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-a652f3 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Asking for a Friend with Chion Wolf.
Operation Fuel: Add a Dollar!
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Spring Awareness Campaign with Operation Fuel
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Brenda Watson-Executive Director of Operation Fuel and Bill Covitz, Professional Ice Sculptor. The Ice House Event. Brenda says it will be held at the Old State House in Hartford on January 24, with an inclement weather date of January 31. The event is being held to increase awareness of the energy affordability crisis in Connecticut and to raise money for households that need energy assistance. Brenda says there are currently more than 320, households in Connecticut that cannot afford their energy bills, this includes working families with young children and the elderly who are living on fixed incomes. The Ice House will be open from 9:30 am until 5 pm on january24.
Brenda Watson from Operation FUEL joined Brad and Paul to talk about energy assistance
Oak Hill: Support the Golf Classic & Marathon!
Operation Fuel : Summer Help is STILL Available!
Brenda Watson-Executive Director Operation Fuel Operation Fuel's Summer Program. Brenda says there are currently 320 thousand households in Connecticut that cannot afford their energy bills, and Operation Fuel's statewide network of fuel banks began taking energy assistance applications on July 9th.Brenda says there are thousands of households in the state in danger of having their electricity or gas service terminated during the spring and summer.
There is still time to get help this winter! Operation Fuel
This week host John Voket opens our 2018 campaign coverage with former lifelong Republican Oz Giebel, and lifelong Democrat Monte Frank, who have both abandoned their major party affiliations to run for Governor and Lt Governor as independents. Then we'll check in with Operation Fuel to keep tabs on how they are doing as residents who need heating assistance work their way through one of the coldest early winters in memory. And we'll pop into Adam's House, to hear about the next 'Friends In Grief' of FIG training session - equipping volunteers to assist children and families suffering after losing a loved one.
Operation Fuel Acting Director Brenda Watson joins the Morning Record to talk about the statewide affordability gap on energy, an effort to quantify the difficult low and moderate income residents have paying their bills. This year, Operation Fuel says the affordability gap has reached $450 million due to increasing energy costs.
Brenda Watson-Acting Director of Operation Fuel Winter Energy Assistance. Operation fuel is in its 40th year and since its inception in 1977 has helped more than 154,000 Connecticut households with over $48 million in energy assistance. Brenda says many who are helped by Operation Fuel are either elderly, children under 18 or have chronic medical conditions. Brenda says there are currently 322,000 Connecticut households that cannot afford to pay their energy bills. Last winter Operation Fuel provided more than $2.1 million in energy assistance.
Community Access Interview: Operation Fuel
This week on the award-winning 'For the People' John Voket checks in with Operation Fuel, to learn why for many in the state, keeping the power on during the summer is just as critical as keeping the heat on during the fall and winter. Pops over to visit NewArts, an all-encompassing arts program with a strong element of character development developed in the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy. And we'll hook you up with the WBDC and its free programs to help all business professionals, start-ups, and entrepreneurs do business better and smarter.
This week host John Voket opens celebrating Heart Month with a specialist in women's cardiovascular health from St Francis Hospital and health Center. Then we'll replay a brief call-in with Operation Fuel's brand new executive director, and learn why now more than ever, donating a dollar on each utility bill can help a Connecticut family or senior out in the cold. And we'll close taking a spin down to the New England Carousel Museum in Bristol, to showcase this hidden gem of a destination right in the heart of Connecticut.
This week John Voket visits with Operation Fuel to focus on the thousands of families and seniors facing challenges staying warm this winter, and how to help. We'll touch base with a couple of guests about the 2016 Zero Energy Challenge, including the developer of one of the state's newest homes with near zero-energy output. Then saddle up and take a radio tour of the New England Carousel Museum in Bristol - and make plans to visit.
This morning on the award-winning 'For the People,' host John Voket bids farewell to the retiring CEO of Operation Fuel; invites inventors and 'makers' to a big Makers Faire coming up in Westport; introduces the new and expanding Western Connecticut Health Network; and replays a segment to remind homeowners and contractors that it's'Call Before You Dig' month.
This morning on the award-winning 'For the People,' host John Voket bids farewell to the retiring CEO of Operation Fuel; invites inventors and 'makers' to a big Makers Faire coming up in Westport; introduces the new and expanding Western Connecticut Health Network; and replays a segment to remind homeowners and contractors that it's'Call Before You Dig' month.