1. 1 LOW-INCOME ENERGY NETWORK PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO ADDRESS ENERGY POVERTY: NAVIGATING THE PATCHWORK

2. 2 Energy poverty is systemic

3. 3 Serious problem

4. 4 Needs more than a bandaid

5. 5 LIEN knows the cure

6. 6 LIEN’s approach to low-income energy conservation & assistance

7. 7 SIMPLE SOLUTION z1. Affordable energy z2. Energy conservation

8. 8 Benefits to Low-Income Households ylower energy bills yimprove comfort/quality of life yensure access to electricity and heat yreduce risk of homelessness yallow people with low incomes to participate in the “Culture of Conservation”

9. 9 Benefits for Society yreduce demand for emergency assistance yreduce need for public expenditures yreduce poverty yreduce pollution and effects of climate change yreduce need for new generation facilities

10. 10 Patchwork 1) Financial assistance with energy bills 2) Energy efficiency and conservation programs

11. 11 Financial assistance 1)Provincial Emergency Energy Fund 2)Social assistance 3)Local utility/municipal run funds 4)Charities

12. 12 Energy conservation programs 1)Local Distribution Companies 2)Ontario Power Authority/Conservation Bureau -pilots -Social Housing 3)Enbridge Enhanced TAPS 4)Energy Green Boxes 5)Discretionary Benefits

13. 13 Finding meaningful solutions zTime is ripe: climate change and poverty are priorities zPolitics matters

14. 14 Ontario needs…