Entergy employees volunteer to help neighbors in need by making 25 low-income
family homes more energy efficient
BATON ROUGE, La. – With a focus on
the energy savings, community outreach and the environment, employees of Entergy
Louisiana, LLC are joining the Ginger Ford Northshore Fuller Center for Housing,
Quad Area Community Action Agency and Quad YouthBuild for a day of volunteerism
on Thursday, Oct. 4, to make 25 homes in the Lincoln Park, Rose Hill Park and
Mooney Avenue areas of Hammond more energy-efficient. The energy-efficiency home
improvements will help customers reduce energy use in their homes and lower
energy costs.
The force of employee and community
volunteers will be caulking around windows, installing weather stripping around
external doors, repairing holes and cracks in floors and walls, replacing
incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent ones, installing water heater
blankets, insulating hot water pipes and making other energy-efficiency
improvements.
Bill Mohl, Entergy Louisiana
president and chief executive officer, and Steven Scheurich, vice president of
customer service, will join the volunteerism effort.
“This volunteer effort is about our employees giving back to the community where
they live and work by making a lasting difference in these neighborhoods and in
the lives of some of our most vulnerable residents,” Mohl said. “We hope to
spread the message that energy efficiency will help all of our customers save
money and the environment while helping improve our customers’ lives by
providing much-needed financial benefits in these tough economic times.”
Entergy’s participation in the
project is part of a month of employee volunteerism efforts focused on helping
customers save energy and money with a series of energy-efficiency initiatives
across the state.
“This project is a great example of
what can be accomplished when business and service organizations work together
to make a positive impact on those in need,” said Ginger Ford Northshore
Director Tamara Danel. “A lot of these families live in miserable conditions.
We''ll be helping them make their houses more energy-efficient to reduce their
utility bills, decreasing air flow and at the same time educating them about
things they can do to save monthly expenses.”
According to Entergy Louisiana
Customer Service Vice President Steven Scheurich, there are many simple steps,
tools and technologies that can reduce energy use and lower energy costs. “The
ones we’re implementing inside these Hammond-area homes will make a significant
difference in these families’ lives,” said Scheurich.
For example, he explained that air
infiltration from the outside is a huge energy loser. In a drafty home, the air
may "turn over" several times an hour, meaning that the home''s entire volume of
air must be reheated or re-cooled that often. A tight house sees a complete air
exchange only once every two to three hours. “Saving money on your energy bill
is easier than you think,” Scheurich said. “Following a few tips to reduce the
amount of energy used in your home can significantly reduce your overall monthly
bills. Spending a little time to make changes today can help you reap the
rewards for years to come.”
“Energy-efficiency is as much about
helping our customers save money as it is about promoting our support for a
clean environment,” Mohl said, “and both are commitments to our community and to
Louisiana’s future that we take to heart.”
In May, Entergy introduced the “Save
Money” program to provide customers with more resources and tools to help lower
energy costs. At
entergy-louisiana.com/savemoney, step-by-step videos and printouts on
energy-saving home projects energy-saving calculators and more help customers
manage energy costs more effectively year-round.
Quad Area CAA has performed the
weatherization program in the parishes it serves, including Ascension, East
Feliciana, Livingston, St. Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington and West Feliciana,
for the past 36 years. Since 2009, the agency has inspected more than 1,200
homes and weatherized more than 1,000 homes.
Entergy’s Louisiana utility companies
serve more than one million customers through the operating companies Entergy
Louisiana, LLC and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C. With operations in
southern, central and northeastern Louisiana, the companies are part of Entergy
Corporation’s electric system serving 2.8 million customers in Louisiana,
Arkansas, Mississippi and Texas.
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