Dominion East Ohio Kicks Off EnergyShare Heating Assistance Program With $50,000 Donation.Business Editors CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 11, 2001 Dominion dominion, power to rule, or that which is subject to rule. Before 1949 the term was used officially to describe the self-governing countries of the Commonwealth of Nations—e.g., Canada, Australia, or India. East Ohio (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :D) kicked off its new EnergyShare winter fuel assistance program today with a $50,000 contribution to the Salvation Army Salvation Army, Protestant denomination and international nonsectarian Christian organization for evangelical and philanthropic work. Organization and Beliefs The Salvation Army has established branches in 100 countries throughout the world. to help those customers in need. EnergyShare is designed to meet the heating needs of the unemployed, the working poor and families facing a financial crisis with no other place to turn. EnergyShare is Dominion's 19-year-old winter heating energy assistance program that helps customers in need pay their heating bills. This winter marks the first year the program has been implemented in the Dominion East Ohio service area. The previous program -- the People-Helping-People Fuel Fund -- ran for 18 years and raised more than $2 million in overall last-resort energy assistance for northeast Ohio families. The Salvation Army will again administer the new program, with funds coming from Dominion East Ohio customers and employees, and the shareholders of Dominion, parent company of Dominion East Ohio. To be eligible for EnergyShare, the applicant must live within the company's service area, have a shutoff shut·off n. 1. A device that shuts something off. 2. A stoppage; a cessation. notice and must have exhausted other state and federal fuel assistance resources. Seniors, age 60 and older, do not have to have a shutoff notice. Applicants must meet one of the following: -- Total household income is 150 percent of the federal poverty level. -- Head of household is unemployed. -- Have a demonstrated personal/family crisis. Maximum assistance is $500 once per heating season. EnergyShare helps individuals pay any type of winter heating bill -- natural gas, wood, oil, kerosene kerosene or kerosine, colorless, thin mineral oil whose density is between 0.75 and 0.85 grams per cubic centimeter. A mixture of hydrocarbons, it is commonly obtained in the fractional distillation of petroleum as the portion boiling off or electricity. For assistance, customers should contact their local Salvation Army office, or they can call Dominion East Ohio's Customer Service Center at 1-800-362-7557, for the name of The Salvation Army office nearest them. Salvation Army agencies will begin accepting applications for assistance on January 2, 2002. To give to EnergyShare, contributors should send their tax-deductible contribution to: EnergyShare, The Salvation Army, P.O. Box 5847, Cleveland, OH 44101. Dominion, headquartered in Richmond, Va., is one of the nation's largest producers of energy, with a production capability of 2.7 trillion One thousand times one billion, which is 1, followed by 12 zeros, or 10 to the 12th power. See space/time. (mathematics) trillion - In Britain, France, and Germany, 10^18 or a million cubed. In the USA and Canada, 10^12. British thermal units British thermal unit, abbr. Btu, unit for measuring heat quantity in the customary system of English units of measurement, equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water at its maximum density [which occurs at a temperature of 39. of energy per day. The company has a power-generation portfolio of more than 21,000 megawatts, which is expected to grow to more than 28,000 megawatts by 2005. Dominion is one of the largest independent oil and natural gas exploration and production companies in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , with nearly 3 trillion cubic feet of equivalent reserves. Dominion also serves nearly 4 million retail natural gas and electric customers. For more information about Dominion, visit the company's Web site at www.dom.com. |
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