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     On the Brink: 2008
Home energy is a crippling financial burden for low-income West Virginia households with incomes of below 50% of the Federal Poverty Level pay 63.1% of their annual income simply for their home energy bills
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Ø     Weatherization makes an important contribution to our national security by reducing the impact of energy supply disruptions on the nation’s most vulnerable consumers.  These groups are the least able to deal with a price explosion or an energy supply disruption.  When a low-income home is weatherized, both its energy bill and fuel consumption are reduced each year for many years to come.

Ø     Weatherization makes an  A Meta-evaluation conducted by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory demonstrated that DOE Weatherization Assistance resulted in a $358 home utility savings per year, year after year.  The Program reduces energy bills by an average of 23% for gas-heated homes, and makes more money available in the household to keep bills current, and to pay for food, medicine and other necessities.

Community Action Partnership

   

 

Weatherization Works

 

 

Mission Statement
To reduce energy costs for low-income families, particularly for the elderly, people with disabilities, and
children, by improving the energy efficiency of their homes while ensuring their health and safety.

 

The West Virginia Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity manages the state’s low-income weatherization assistance program, using U.S. DOE appropriations, LIHEAP fuel assistance funds, and utility partnership funding.  GOEO contracts statewide with 13 local community action agencies that employ trained weatherization crews to install in low income homes energy efficiency and conservation measures prescribed by energy audits and diagnostic testing.  Weatherization examples include, but are not limited to, installing insulation, reducing air-infiltration, performing heating and cooling tune-ups and modifications, and when appropriate, replacing heating units for energy efficiency and safety.  Client education is provided on use and maintenance of the weatherization measures.

Governor Joe Manchin III and WAP Program Specialist Rich Courtney look at a blower door reading                           

 

 

Success of Energy Awareness Month

On Thursday, October 15th and the State Capitol, Governor Joe Manchin III recognized the state's Weatherization Assistance Program for its contribution to residential energy efficiency in West Virginia, as well as the new education and employment opportunities the Program's expansion from the $37 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) weatherization monies has brought to the state. The Governor, West Virginia Community and Technical College (WVCTCS) Chancellor James Skidmore, and GOEO Director, Edwin Harper, signed an MOU for new Weatherization Course Work and Curriculum to be offered at WV's 10 community colleges beginning in early 2010. Governor Manchin also recognized some of the new ARRA weatherization employees present for the ceremony and the Governor read his proclamation declaring that Friday, October 30th would be "Weatherization Day" in the Mountain State.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 
 
 
       
 
     
 
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