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1 LOW-INCOME ENERGY NETWORK PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO ADDRESS ENERGY POVERTY: NAVIGATING THE PATCHWORK
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2 Energy poverty is systemic
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3 Serious problem
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4 Needs more than a bandaid
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5 LIEN knows the cure
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6 LIEN’s approach to low-income energy conservation & assistance
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7 SIMPLE SOLUTION z1. Affordable energy z2. Energy conservation
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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”
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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
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10 Patchwork 1) Financial assistance with energy bills 2) Energy efficiency and conservation programs
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11 Financial assistance 1)Provincial Emergency Energy Fund 2)Social assistance 3)Local utility/municipal run funds 4)Charities
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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
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13 Finding meaningful solutions zTime is ripe: climate change and poverty are priorities zPolitics matters
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14 Ontario needs…
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