[tabi] Fw: City of Tallahassee News Release - City of Tallahassee Utilities Launches Neighborhood REACH - An Energy-Efficiency Assistance P

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Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:01:55 -0500

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Subject: City of Tallahassee News Release - City of Tallahassee Utilities 
Launches Neighborhood REACH - An Energy-Efficiency Assistance P


       
     
      City of Tallahassee Utilities Launches Neighborhood REACH - An 
Energy-Efficiency Assistance Program
      December 13, 2010
      Income-Based Program Helps Customers Save Energy, Water and Money - Your 
Own Utilities launched Neighborhood REACH in the Bond community Saturday. The 
initiative is a new Energy Smart Plus (e+) program designed to help City of 
Tallahassee utility customers save energy, water and money by providing free 
home energy and water-saving improvements. Through the two-year pilot program, 
participating residents in Bond and other selected income-based neighborhoods 
will receive in-home energy assessments, energy-efficiency measures, hands-on 
education and energy and water-saving items, such as Compact Fluorescent Lights 
(CFLs), faucet aerators, new air filters and reduced-flow showerheads. 

      Beginning on Saxon Street today, several City departments are providing 
additional services and neighborhood enhancements, as City-trained REACH 
professionals visit the southern Bond neighborhood. Technicians are conducting 
home energy audits and installing energy-efficiency items such as winterization 
kits, heating and air-conditioning filters, water heater wraps, water-efficient 
faucet aerators and showerheads, refrigerator thermostats, wall plate 
thermometers and door sweeps. Subsequent work will take place in the northern 
Bond area and is expected to begin in February 2011. 

      "The Neighborhood REACH program will have a real impact in our community 
by helping families reduce their home energy use and save money," said 
Tallahassee Mayor John Marks. "I commend our utilities staff for their 
proactive approach in educating citizens on the smart grid initiative. These 
outstanding community outreach efforts will help Tallahassee's residents 
understand how the smart grid system will benefit them in the future." 

      More than 100 Bond area residents attended the official kickoff event for 
the project at the Walker-Ford Community Center on Saturday, as City officials, 
community leaders and area dignitaries discussed details about the REACH. 

      After completing the Bond area project, REACH teams will continue their 
efforts in selected income-based neighborhoods to assist approximately 3,000 
customers. Each phase will begin with a kickoff event, where residents can 
schedule home energy assessments, learn about the program and related City 
services and take advantage of other Energy Smart Plus (e+) incentives. In the 
weeks following the kickoff, Neighborhood REACH teams will visit each home in 
the neighborhood to provide the energy-saving improvements and related 
services. 

      For more information on Neighborhood REACH and other e+ programs offered 
by Your Own Utilities, call 891.4YOU (4968) or visit Talgov.com/YOU. 

      Contact
      Sandra Manning, Utility Marketing Administrator, 891-6175; Michelle Bono, 
Director of Communications, 891-8200
     
        
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