Electric Rate Relief Assistance Offered to Non-Profit Organizations, Schools, Senior Centers, Churches
August 18 2008 - 2:54PM
PR Newswire (US)
$2 Million in Total Assistance Available through Sept. 26, 2008
PEORIA, Ill., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ameren Illinois Utilities
today announced that a one-time $2-million electric rate relief
program now is providing assistance up to $5,000 to individual
non-profit and other qualified organizations that have experienced
financial hardships due to the higher cost of electricity. "In
addition to the rate relief assistance provided to residential
electric customers, we want to make certain assistance is available
non-profit organizations, senior centers, schools, churches and
other religious institutions," said Stan Ogden, vice president of
Customer Service and Public Relations for the Ameren Illinois
Utilities. "We have designed this assistance program to meet the
needs of those organizations that have the greatest need. We urge
all qualifying non-profit organizations to submit applications,"
Ogden said. To qualify, a non-profit organization, school, senior
center, church or other religious institution must be an Ameren
Illinois Utilities customer who has purchased electricity through
the Ameren Illinois Utilities since Jan. 1, 2007. Also, the
organization must demonstrate the higher rates for electricity have
caused a financial hardship and be registered as a not for profit
corporation with the Illinois Secretary of State. Applications to
the Non-Residential Hardship Fund, which is being administered by
the Energy Assistance Foundation, must be submitted between today
and Sept. 26, 2008. Applications can be completed online by
visiting the Ameren Web site (http://www.ameren.com/) and selecting
"IL Rate Relief Programs." Applications also are available by
calling your Ameren Illinois Utility (AmerenCILCO and AmerenCIPS -
1-800-232-2477 and AmerenIP - 1-800-363-6805). In addition,
assistance is available to small independently owned and operated
businesses that have 50 or fewer employees and have their principal
office in Illinois. Small businesses also must be an Ameren
Illinois Utilities customer who has purchased electricity through
the Ameren Illinois Utilities since Jan. 1, 2007. In addition, the
small business must demonstrate the higher rates for electricity
have caused a financial hardship Funding for the Non-Residential
Hardship Fund was established last year as part of the
comprehensive legislative rate relief settlement. The Ameren
Illinois utilities serve 1.2 million electric and more than 840,000
natural gas customers in a 43,700-square-mile area of Illinois.
DATASOURCE: Ameren Illinois Utilities CONTACT: Leigh Morris,
+1-217-535-5228, or Neal Johnson, +1-309-677-5284, both of Ameren
Illinois Utilities Web site: http://www.ameren.com/
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