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Local Ohio Salvation Army offices are now accepting applications for EnergyShare, Dominion's program that helps families who have exhausted all other forms of winter Energy assistance. As it did last year, Dominion provided an initial $500,000 contribution to support the program, which enters its 11th year in Ohio.
To qualify for EnergyShare assistance, a person must live in the Dominion service area and be a Dominion customer. A recipient must have a household income no higher than 200 percent of the federal poverty level, be unemployed or demonstrate a personal or family crisis. To ensure the widest possible distribution of EnergyShare assistance, eligible persons can receive only one payment of up to $500 per heating season.
Dominion works with local Salvation Army offices to help eligible participants. Every dollar contributed to this fund goes to pay heating bills regardless of the type of fuel used. EnergyShare is supported by donations from Dominion customers, employees and EnergyShare partners. Dominion covers the program's administrative costs, allowing all donations to go toward paying heating bills. Local Salvation Army offices in the Dominion service area accept the applications for EnergyShare assistance and administer distribution of the funds. In the past decade, EnergyShare has helped more than 50,000 area families.
Dominion is one of the nation's largest producers and transporters of energy, with a portfolio of approximately 28,200 megawatts of generation, 11,000 miles of natural gas transmission, gathering and storage pipeline and 6,300 miles of electric transmission lines. Dominion operates the nation's largest natural gas storage system with 947 billion cubic feet of storage capacity and serves retail energy customers in 15 states. For more information about Dominion, visit the company's website at www.dom.com.
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