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Governor Healy and Citizens Energy announce expanded shelter heating assistance, urge transmission financing bill
Summary
At a House of Hope event in Lowell, Citizens Energy and state officials announced an expansion of the Citizens Energy Shelter Winter Assistance Program (CSWAP), a grant to House of Hope, and urged the legislature to pass financing legislation intended to lower energy bills for ratepayers.
At an event at House of Hope in Lowell, Gov. Healy joined Citizens Energy and local leaders to highlight an expansion of the Citizens Energy Shelter Winter Assistance Program and to announce a grant to the shelter, while urging passage of state legislation intended to lower energy costs for households.
Joe Kennedy of Citizens Energy laid out the nonprofit's model for directing project revenue back to communities, saying, "For over 45 years, Citizens Energy has been focused on making life's basic needs more affordable." He said the organization has "donated over $600,000,000 back to families and the communities we serve," noted programs in other states that yielded nearly $25,000,000 in local investments and said CSWAP currently supports "over a 120 facilities…
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