Energy Assistance remains critical for coloradans
Note: This issue of our Energy Source newsletter also serves as our 2005-06 annual report. We combined these publications to reduce costs and increase the distribution of this information.
Heating costs are relatively stable in Colorado this winter, allowing many residents to adjust to levels that tripled between 2002 and 2005. However, income-limited households that depend on energy assistance are reeling from a significant drop from last year’s record state and federal assistance.
They will be paying, on average, 26% more between November and April compared to a year ago – from $533 last winter to $673 this winter.
With that in mind, Energy Outreach Colorado continues to work to help all Coloradans afford home energy. We are the only organization in the state that raises money through donations and grants to help income-limited families with children, seniors and individuals with special needs pay a portion of their energy bills to avoid shut offs. We also provide longer-term solutions by funding energy efficiency and education programs. To date, we’ve generated more than $72 million for these efforts.
In the 2005-06 heating season, Coloradans benefited from a record amount of energy assistance funding due to emergency-level appropriations approved by the U.S. Congress and the state legislature. As a result, Energy Outreach Colorado distributed a record $8.15 million in grants in 2005-06. This included:
· $5.5 million in energy assistance grants to about 100 agencies in Colorado
· $2.15 million to Colorado’s LEAP program
· $500,000 in energy solution grants to 12 agencies to fund energy efficiency upgrades for affordable housing projects
Energy Outreach Colorado has been dedicated to helping all Coloradans afford home energy since 1989, when we were created by the Colorado Commission on Low-Income Energy Assistance. On average, our administration costs are less than 6% of our total budget, allowing nearly 95 cents from every dollar to go directly to families in need.
Energy Outreach Colorado: 2005-06 Summary
· Between Oct. 1, 2005 and Sept. 30, 2006 Energy Outreach distributed $7.65 million in energy assistance, an increase of $2.35 million compared to the previous year.
· During this period, Energy Outreach Colorado and the Colorado LEAP program helped nearly 121,000 households pay a portion of their energy bills, an increase of about 25% over 2004-05.
· Due to increasing energy bills, the average Energy Outreach Colorado benefit provided to each household in 2005-06 increased by about 40% to $379, compared to $269 in 2004-05. The 2005-06 average Colorado LEAP benefit, which Energy Outreach helped fund, increased by about 104% to $550, compared to $270 in 2004-05.
· The average annual income for households receiving Energy Outreach Colorado assistance was less than $15,000. More than 59% of the households included children, 23% were led by a disabled family member and 11% were led by a senior citizen.
· During 2005-06, Energy Outreach also distributed $500,000 in grants to 12 organizations to increase the efficiency of affordable housing.
Energy outreach colorado outlook
by Adam Goldman, Board President
Faced with skyrocketing energy costs and the prospect of inadequate federal assistance funding, Energy Outreach Colorado embarked on a critical mission in 2005-06: filling an anticipated $21 million gap in energy assistance funding for Colorado.
The stakes were high. Nearly 370,000 households in the state are considered to be low-income and often forced to choose between heating their homes and getting food or medical care. Energy assistance during a time of economic hardship can literally make the difference between a family remaining warm and secure in their home or having to vacate and fall into the downward spiral that typically ensues. The outcome is vitally important to the health of our communities.
Through fundraising, lobbying and collaboration, Energy Outreach Colorado successfully helped secure a record level of energy assistance funding for the state. The $21 million gap was filled through these successful outcomes:
· In October 2005, Xcel Energy donated $2 million to Energy Outreach Colorado and committed to match up to $1 million more in customer contributions for energy assistance. Xcel Energy is one of the leading utilities in the country for its support of energy assistance.
· In February 2006, the Colorado Legislature and Gov. Bill Owens allocated $20 million for energy assistance from mineral and energy severance taxes paid to the state. This included $17 million for the Colorado LEAP program and $3 million for Energy Outreach Colorado’s network of 100 assistance agencies across the state. An additional $7 million is going toward energy assistance in each of the next three years.
· In March 2006, the U.S. Congress authorized release of additional emergency funds through the federal Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP), including an additional $12 million to Colorado. In total, Colorado received $49 million in LEAP funding for the 2005-06 heating season.
· In September 2006, Colorado’s Low-Income Energy Assistance Program went into effect when energy companies operating in the state launched new efforts to raise funds for energy assistance. The six investor-owned utilities in Colorado now offer their customers the opportunity to make a tax-deductible monthly donation to Energy Outreach Colorado by simply checking a box on their energy bill.
· Throughout the year, numerous other dedicated utility companies, oil and gas companies, corporations, foundations and individuals listed in this report also responded to the need by giving generously.
As we continue our mission of making home energy affordable for all Coloradans, we thank you for your support. We very much appreciate and rely on your dedication to help Colorado’s communities remain vibrant and strong.
Together we generate the power to help.
“Congratulations to the EOC staff and Board for all the well deserved honors EOC has received. Being elected to the 2006 Charity Hall of Fame is not surprising. As I have been associated with EOC over the last 2 1/2 years, I am touched by EOC’s compassion for the poor and generosity to southeastern Colorado.
Having received Charity Navigator’s highest social services rating for five consecutive years shows that Energy Outreach Colorado is innovative and devoted to helping meet the emergency needs of the poor.
~ Sharon Barber, Las Animas Helping Hands
Why Give to Energy Outreach Colorado?
· Energy Outreach Colorado has been endorsed by the following organizations as a financially healthy, high performing non-profit:
· Charity Navigator, a national, independent evaluator of charity organizations, gave Energy Outreach its highest four-star rating in 2006 for the fifth consecutive year. We also were named to their 2006 Charity Hall of Fame.
· The Denver/Boulder Better Business Bureau named Energy Outreach Colorado to its Wise Giving Seal Program for meeting high standards for non-profit organizations.
· National Philanthropy Day in Colorado named Energy Outreach Colorado as the state’s Outstanding Foundation in 2006.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Gayle Berry, Berry & Kirscht
Howard Boigon, Hogan & Hartson
Dian Callaghan, Member at Large, Formerly with Office of Consumer Council
Melanie Daly, Member at Large
Adam Goldman, Red Rocks Capital
John Harpole, Mercator Energy, LLC
Joel Johnson, URS Corporation
Jim Lightner, Orion Energy Partners
Patricia Nelson Limerick, University of Colorado
Michael McFadden, McFadden Consulting Group, Inc.
Tom O’Donnell, Holland & Hart
Mark Sexton, Evergreen Energy
Mark Sunderhuse, Red Rocks Capital
Jack Swift, Janus Institutional
Troy Whitmore, United Power
Colorado Commission on Low-Income Energy Assistance
Jeff Ackermann, Office of Energy Management and Conservation
Sister Karen Bland, Grand Valley Catholic Outreach
John Harpole, Mercator Energy, LLC
Joel Johnson, URS Corporation
Jayne Mazur, Catholic Charities-Dioceses of Pueblo
Michael McFadden, McFadden Consulting Group, Inc.
Mike Moore, Newport Partners, LLC
Monica Whiting, Colorado Springs Utilities
Karen Wilkes, Atmos Energy
STAFF
Skip Arnold, Executive Director
Sean Cone, Administrative Assistant
Jennifer Gremmert, Deputy Director
Peggy Hofstra, Communications Director
Jennie Miller, Assistant Deputy Director
Rose Reed, Director of Administrative Services
Bethany Therrien, Director of Web & Database Management
Shelly Wallace, Director of Long-term Energy Solutions
Mission
Energy Outreach Colorado is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping all Coloradans afford home energy. Each year we raise millions of dollars for energy assistance, energy efficiency measures for affordable housing and energy efficiency education.
Our goal is to help income-limited families, seniors and individuals with special needs be self sufficient and enjoy a higher quality of life.
To learn more visit us online at www.EnergyOutreach.org or call 303-825-8750.
Energy Assistance Program
To help Coloradans cope with energy costs that tripled in three years, Energy Outreach Colorado distributed a record $7.65 million in 2005-06 to help more than 120,000 income-limited households pay a portion of their home energy bills.
More than one in five Colorado households qualifies as low-income and eligible for assistance under Colorado income guidelines, according to 2000 U.S. Census data. Without assistance, many are forced to choose between heating their home or other basic necessities like food or medical care.
Energy Outreach Colorado granted $5.5 million for energy assistance to the Charitable Energy Network of 104 emergency assistance sites across the state. These agencies identify and work with struggling families in their communities. Funds are distributed as direct payments to local utility and fuel companies. This year-round program began in 1994.
In addition, Energy Outreach Colorado contributed $2.15 million to the state’s Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP), a federal block grant administered in Colorado by the Department of Human Services. Colorado’s LEAP program runs November through April and assists families at 185 percent of the federal poverty level or below. Energy Outreach’s funding is about 10 percent of their total distribution.
To increase awareness about energy assistance and to help income-eligible families apply for assistance, Energy Outreach sponsors an annual Energy Assistance Expo in Denver. Volunteers from the many organizations and agencies that partner with Energy Outreach provide information and help attendees fill out applications for energy assistance and other aid.
Energy Assistance Crucial to Senior Citizens
Retired senior citizens Jeanne de’ Henry and Eileen Klein know first-hand the challenges of trying to make ends meet on a fixed income.
The two friends are neighbors at an Arvada senior apartment complex and attended Energy Outreach Colorado’s Energy Assistance Expo last fall. Both live alone and have medical limitations. They shared their concerns about rising living expenses and how they are benefiting from energy assistance.
“It absolutely does help to have energy assistance,” said 71-year-old de’ Henry, who struggles with failing vision and limited mobility. “I know that when I open my energy bill it won’t knock me over in a dead faint.”
No stranger to public policy, she used to work for the Colorado State Senate helping write laws and amend bills and also managed several election campaigns. She said the extra dollars from energy assistance allow her to afford some in-home help.
Klein, who is dependent on oxygen, said her medical expenses are so high that she welcomes any help she can get with other bills. She’s seen her monthly medical insurance premiums skyrocket from $98 to $440.
“I want to be sure I can still eat and enjoy life a little bit,” said Klein, who worked at Central Bank for 25 years. She moved to her one-bedroom apartment after her husband died and enjoys spending time with her 3 children, 7 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Energy Assistance Advisory Committee
Dian Callaghan, EOC Board Member
Dorothy Hervey, Colorado Legal Aid Society
Elizabeth Horn, Community Leader
Tracy Kraft-Tharp, Consultant
Nan Morehead, Denver Department of Human Services
Silvia VanHorn, Colorado Springs Utilities
Shelly Wallace, Energy Outreach Colorado
Cathy Lopez Wessell, Bright Mountain Foundation
Charitable Energy Network of Agencies 2005 – 2006
Denver-Metro and Boulder
ACS Lift, Adventist Community Service
Adams County Housing Authority
Almost Home
Association for Senior Citizens
Aurora InterChurch Task Force
Boulder County AIDS Project
Broadway Assistance Center
Castle Rock Comm. Inter-Church Task Force
Catholic Charities, Denver
City of Arvada Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization
Colorado Health Network (CAP)
Community Ministry
Cross Community Coalition
Denver Indian Health and Family Services
Denver Urban Ministries
Emergency Family Assistance Assoc.
EMPOWERMENT
First Mennonite Church
Helping Hearts and Hands
Inter-Church ARMS
Inter-Faith Community Services
Jeffco Action Center
Lowry Family Center
Metro CareRing
People of Color Consortium Against AIDS
Salvation Army, Denver
Seniors’ Resource Center
Senior Support Services
Seniors! Inc.
St. Vincent De Paul Society
Mountain
Clear Creek County Dept. of Human Services
Family & Intercultural Resource Center
First Presbyterian Church of Salida
Help the Needy
Holy Cross Energy
House of Neighborly Service
Lake County Health and Human Services
Loaves and Fishes Ministry of Fremont County
Manna House
Mountain Family Center
Mountain Resource Center
Salvation Army, Teller County
Salvation Army, Vail Valley
Northeast
Caring Ministries of Morgan County
Catholic Charities, North, Weld County
Colorado East Community Action Agency
Cooperating Ministry of Logan County
Crossroads Ministry of Estes Park
House of Neighborly Service
Northern Colorado AIDS Project
OUR Center, Inc.
Phillips County Department of Social Services
Rural Communities Resource Center
Sedgwick County Economic Development
Northwest
Community Budget Center
Independent Life Center
Jackson County Department of Social Services
Lift-Up of Routt County
WARM
Central, Southeast
Advocates Against Domestic Violence
Care and Share
Catholic Charities, Pueblo
Las Animas Helping Hands
Northern Churches Care
Salvation Army, Colorado Springs
South Central Council of Governments
Southern Colorado AIDS Project
Tri-Lakes Cares
San Luis Valley, Southwest, Western Slope
Community Emergency Assistance Coalition
Comm. United Methodist Church, Pagosa Springs
Grand Valley Catholic Outreach
Gunnison/Hinsdale County Dept. of Human Services
La Puente Home
MADA
Pinon Project
Pregnancy Resource Center
San Juan Cooperative Parish
United Methodist Church of Dove Creek
Western Colorado AIDS Project
Statewide
Brain Injury Association of Colorado
National MS Society, Colorado Chapter
Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers Foundation
Sense of Security
Military Families
The Home Front Cares
Energy Solutions Program
In addition to funding energy assistance, Energy Outreach Colorado offers longer-term solutions for helping income-limited Coloradans manage their home energy costs. Our Energy Solutions Program provides grants for:
· increasing the energy efficiency of affordable housing projects
· energy efficiency education
· weatherization projects
In 2005-06, we awarded $500,000 in grants to the following organizations:
· Boulder County Housing Authority
· Center for Resource Conservation, Boulder
· Colorado Energy Science Center
· Habitat for Humanity of Colorado and Metro Denver
· Lakewood Housing Authority
· Rebuilding Together, Metro Denver
· South Central Council of Governments, Trinidad
· Sun Power, Inc., Metro Denver
· The Park People, Denver
· The Uptown Partnership, Denver
· Tri-county Housing & Community Development Corp., Rocky Ford
Included in these grants was funding for two pilot programs. The Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Program provided energy audits and efficiency improvements for facilities operated by six charity organizations. The Home Energy Assistance and Weatherization Project provided a combination of energy assistance and weatherization services to six households referred by agencies that receive funding from Energy Outreach Colorado.
Since 2003, Energy Outreach Colorado has offered a free “Energy Hog Traveling Road Show” to elementary schools with a free/reduced lunch program. This year’s program was funded through a $25,000 grant from the Alliance to Save Energy and reached nearly 9,000 students in 54 schools. Using an interactive talk show format, it teaches students how to be smart energy users and educate their families about saving energy and reducing energy bills. Participating classes receive activity guides that incorporate math, science, language arts and social studies.
As part of our outreach efforts, we manage a toll-free hotline 1-866-HEAT-HELP (1-866-432-8435). It provides information about applying for LEAP and Energy Outreach assistance, obtaining energy assistance and weatherization services and options for donating to Energy Outreach Colorado. Callers can request a “Saving Energy in Colorado” guide for no-cost, low-cost and higher-cost suggestions for saving home energy, which is funded through the Governor’s Office of Energy Management and conservation.
Energy Solutions Advisory Committee
George Ballaseux, Consultant
Dian Callaghan, EOC Board Member
Susan Castellon , Governor’s Office of Energy Management and Conservation
Jim Crossman, Financial Energy Management
Melanie Daley, EOC Board Member
Jennie Miller, Energy Outreach Colorado
Andy Proctor, Consultant
Sue Reilly, Enermodal Engineering
Statement of Financial Position
September 30, 2006
Assets
Cash and Cash Equivalents $524,215
Contributions Receivable $1,800,000
Investments $24,652,754
Furniture & Equipment, Net $11,687
Other Assets $5,902
Total Assets $26,994,558
Liabilities
Accounts Payable & Accrued Expenses $30,340
Grants Payable $117,241
Total Liabilities $147,581
Net Assets
Unrestricted $24,992,778
Temporarily Restricted $1,854,199
Total Liabilities & Net Assets $26,994,558
Distribution of Energy Outreach Colorado Funding
Programs 94.2%
General Administrative and
Fundraising Expenses 5.8%
Revenue & Expenses *, 2005 – 2006
Revenue, Gains & Support
Public Support
Customer Contributions $1,574,420
Utility Corporation Contributions $4,933,612
Unclaimed Utility Deposits & Refunds $252,929
Corporations & Foundations $659,440
State Funding $4,050,000
Total Public Support $11,470,401
Investments & Other
Interest & Investment Income $1,512,429
Other Income $23,823
Total Investments & Other $1,536,252
Total Revenue, Gains & Support $13,006,653
Expenses
Program Services
Utility Assistance $7,970,797
Efficiency $579,517
Education $77,151
Advocacy $285,442
Other Programs $37,347
Total Program Services $8,950,254
Supporting Services
General & Administrative $141,519
Fundraising $408,884
Total Supporting Services $550,403
Total Expenses $9,500,657
Corporate, foundation and in-kind donors
$1,000,000 and Above
State of Colorado
Xcel Energy
$25,000 – $99,999
Aquila
Atmos Energy
EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc
Daniels Fund
Kinder Morgan
National Fuel Marketing Company
Peierls Family Foundation
Pioneer Natural Resources
St. Mary Land & Exploration Company
The Alliance to Save Energy
$10,000 – $24,999
AARP
AEXCO Petroleum Inc
Boyer Coffee Company
Colorado Avalanche Community Fund, a fund of the
McCormick Tribune Foundation
Colorado Department of Human Services
Colorado Propane Gas Association
Delta Montrose Electric Association
Denver Parks & Recreation Foundation, Inc
Lightner Family Foundation
Melange International LLC
San Isabel Electric Association
Shell Exploration & Production
The Denver Foundation
WB2 Gives, a fund of the McCormick Tribune Foundation
$5,000 – $9,999
Castle Rock Resources
Chemco Inc
Elk Creek Energy LLC
Emerald Operating Company
Intermountain Rural Electric Association
Janus Institutional Asset Management
Juice Communications
La Plata Electric Association
Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association
Priority Oil & Gas
The Humphreys Foundation
The International Charities
United Power, Inc.
Western Gas Resources
White River Electric Association
$1,000 – $4,999
American National Bank
Arant & Associates
Busse Family Foundation
Caliche High School
Citrus Energy Corporation
Colorado Conference of the Church of God
Colorado Energy Science Center
Colorado Oil & Gas Assoc., North Central Chapter
Colorado Springs Utilities
Colton Limited Liability Company
Duke Energy Field Services
Duncan Oil
El Paso Corporate Foundation
Empire Electric Association
Enserco Energy Inc.
EnVent Energy
Environmental Center of the Rockies
First Congregational Church of Greeley
Front Range Internet, Inc.
Gannett Foundation
Gunnison County Electric Association
Hein & Associates LLP
Holy Cross Energy
Innovest Portfolio Solutions
Laramie Energy, LLC
LEED Energy Services Corporation
Lutheran Church of the Master
MBIA Foundation
McGeady Sisneros PC
Mile High Oilmen’s Tournament
Mountain Parks Electric Inc
Mulhern MRE Inc
National Fuel Corporation
Nexus Energy, LLC
Office of Energy Conservation and Management
Questar Corporation
Roustabout Specialties, Inc.
Sangre De Cristo Electric Assoc.
Schlessman Family Foundation
Southeast Colorado Power Association
Ten Thousand Villages
The Bailey Wildlife Foundation
The Finn Family Foundation
The Paula and William Bernstein Family
Foundation
Weaver Family Foundation
White Eagle Exploration, Inc.
Ztyl Foundation
$250 – $999
Abel, Band, Russell, Collier, Pitchford & Gordon
AmeriGas
Argo Engineering Inc
Aspect Energy
BENTEK Energy Research
C & E Operators
Carson-Pfafflin Family Foundation
Cherry Creek North Business Improvement
District #1
Chinkmaster Corporation
City of Fort Morgan
Colorado Outdoor Education Center
Comerford Insurance Agency, Inc.
Culver’s of Colorado Springs
Culver’s VIP Foundation
Denver Mineral Royalty Company, LLC
Elbert Presbyterian Church
Ellora Energy Inc.
Enterprise Texas Pipeline LP
EOG Resources
Estes Park Municipal
First Church of Christ
Four Seasons Heating Inc
Freberg Environmental Inc
Gavlin Family Foundation
Glenwood Springs Municipal
Habitat for Humanity - Colorado
Hepworth-Pawlak Geotechnical, Inc
Heritage Energy Resource Inc.
HP Employee Charitable Giving Program
Hydrosphere Resource Consultants
JBL Keystone LLC
M & T Mortgage Corporation
Manitou Electric
Microsoft Giving Campaign
Newfield Exploration Company
Noble Energy Production, Inc.
Ohio Casualty Group
One Earth Landscape
Oneok Energy
People Productions
Peterson Energy Management, Inc.
Prima Energy Corporation
Quinn & Associates
RTS Corporation
Sawatch Construction
Slate River Resources
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
St. Benedict’s Monastery
Sun Microsystems Foundation
Tenaska Marketing Ventures
TEPPCO
The Bickel Family Foundation
The Roman Catholic Congregation of St. Louis
The Rudolph-Rogers Company
Town of Walden
Walker Energy LLC
Wilson Family Foundation
World Reach, Inc.
individual donors
$10,000 – $50,000
Robert and Sharon Swindler
Thomas and Beatrice Taplin
$5,000 – $9,999
Melinda Anderson
Adam Goldman
Douglas and Katherine Guion
John Leede and Diane Freshour-Leede
Kenneth Luff
Sherrel and Bill Monahan
John and Nancy Riede
Mark and Annemarie Sunderhuse
Rob and Randi Swindler
Greg and Sandra Vigil
$1,000 – $4,999
Elizabeth Armstrong
Theodore and Anne Bailey
Patti Barnett
Lynn and Lori Belcher
Daniel and June Bills
Jane and David Blandford
James and Suzy Bobo
Mike and Julie Bock
Betty Burns
Jeff Christy
William Clough
Marcia and Craig Cohen
Lewis Colgan
Kelly Custer
Jim and Lois Davidson
Jeryl and Norman Desrochers
Sean and Jan Dolan
Larry Donoghue
Mike Duncan
Kevin Duncan
Byron and Betty Dye
Christine Elliott-Armstrong and Andrew Armstrong
Steve and Debra Fendrich
Jeffry and Susan Figgs
Lisa and Andrew Fine
Bradley Gaylord
Mary Grix
Robert Haas
Matthew and Cathleen Harrington
Margaret Henry
Elmer Herbaly
Cynthia Herndon
Donald and Laurie Hicks
David and Susan Honeyfield
Mary Huddleston
Gerald Jensen
Ray and Janie Johnson
Blake and Nanette Jordan
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Juhasz, Jr.
Cynthia Kendrick
John Kerwin
Steven Kidd
Thomas Knappe
Lynn and Patrick Knebel
Louis Krupp
Fred and Candia Kruse
Ellen Langhorst
John and Amy Lawton
Andrew and Karen Lee
Merry Lester
Dean and Karen Liley
Andrew and Pamela Logan
Mary Lopert
Burton Loupee, Jr.
Thomas and Elizabeth Markowski
John McCahan
Jerry and Stacy McHugh
Brent and Elizabeth Miller
L. Kent and Janet Moore
A. Scott and Jennifer Moore
William Moran
Michael and Elaine Moravan
Bryan Morgan and Axson Brown Morgan
David Muckenhirn
Jack and Betty Natterman
Thomas O’Donnell
Janet Officer
Mary Orans
John and June Osmond
A. Osvaldo Padilla, M.D.
Sally Parsons, M.D.
Mary Rapp
David and Jane Rosenberg
Molly Ross
Tom Schack
Adam and Cathy Schrager
David Schroeder
Ronald and Laura Sells
Donald and Barbara Simasko
Jay and Tijian Smith
Loren and Deborah Snyder
Mary Jo Spencer
John and Bernadette Spillane
Vikki Stevens
John Sweeney
Jeff and Cheryl Swinehart
Jeffrey Taylor
Gene Thoele
Jack and Konnie Thompson
Neal Verzwyvelt
Raymond Vojir
James Wallace
Virginia Weaver
Susan Weems
Marjorie and Doug Weibel
Wayne and Jan Williamson
Charles and Shari Wojta
Peggy Wolfe
Robert and Suzanne Wright
Mark Wulf
Douglas and Annette York
Martin Zinn
David and Tamara Zorn
$250 –$999
Andrew Allan
Susan Allen
Walter Amick
Tustin Amole
Dave and Nanon Anderson
Kevin and Rebecca Anderson
Mark and Tracy Anderson
Margaret Angelovic
James Antonides
Bradford Armstrong and Julie Dolin
Sherry Armstrong
Sanders Arnold, Jr.
Elizabeth Aronsen
Herbert and Laura Bacon
Buddy Baker
Bonnie Baker
Clark Baldon
Bret Baldwin
Foster Bam
C. S. Venable Barclay
Gilbert Barker
William and Louise Barrett
Greg and Jean Barrett
Roy and Flossie Barrowman
Neal Batson and Jean Flanagan
Harry and Emmy Baum
Robin Bean and Brad Bonnema
Bob Beckemeyer
Cindy Beeks
Illeana Beeler
Connie Begger and Patrick Tennant
Kevin Bell
Willis Bennett
Thomas and Jacqueline Bennett
Frank and Carla Bennett
Robert Benson
Pamela and Patrick Bent
Ernest and Cecile Berliner
Tonya Aultman-Bettridge
Francesco Beuf
Andrew and Angela Bigford
D.J. Bishop
Gene and Doris Black
Vivian Blase
Francis and Michele Bleckley
Charles and Elyse Bliss
Maida Blythe
Robert Boczkiewicz
Kerry and Carol Bode
Jozsef and Verna Bodig
Kathleen Boland and Joan Shafer
Ellen Bonner
George and Carol Born
Frederick and Jill Borst
James Bosik
James Bouton
G. and B. Boyer
Dwight Braziel
Catherine and Stephen Breeding
David Brenner
Jim Brezden
Thomas and Mary Brook
John Brooke and Cheryl Teuton
Dennis Brovarone and Ronda Rasnick
Edward and Jeanine Brown
John Brown
Vickie Brown
Jerry Bryant
Wade Buchanan
Doris Buckley
Sheree Burcar
Robert and Kathleen Burnham
Randy and Victoria Burrack
Craig and Elaine Butterfield
Robert Calfee
Dian Callaghan and Thomas Reynolds
Keith Campbell
Lynn Campbell
Thomas Campbell
Valerie Campbell
Douglas and Caroline Carlile
Gary and Nancy Carlston
Stan Carne
James and Katrina Carpenter
Christine Carran
Jess Carraway
Daniel Carroll
Lauren Carroll
James Chadwick
Virginia and Gregory Chaloupka
Lucy Chamberlain
John Chandler
Jeri Chappelow
Alan and Barbara Charnes
Susan Chrisman
Odin Christensen and Phyllis Lucas
Tony Church
Theresa Churchley
Sarah Claassen and Mark Darlington
Robert and Kathleen Clark
Karen Clayton
Dana Cogan, M.D.
Allan Cohen
Louise Colvert
Carla Conrardy
Carmelite Convent
Harold Cook, Jr.
Robert Coombe
Brad and Christina Coons
Tim Cooper
Maryann Corliss
Salatore and Pam Costa
George and Irene Courter
Phyllis Cowell
Sally and David Cox
Bruce and Dolly Craig
Teresa and Dennis Craig
Constance Crocker
Robert and Barbara Crook
Joann Larson and Paul Crowder
George and Marion Curtis
Glenn and Ruth Cushman
Anh Dang and Son Nguyen
Mark Daniels
Phillip and Linda Darcy
David Davenport
Bradley and Annie Davids
Deborah Davidson
Jeff and Katie Davis
Mildred De Smet
Jerri and Paul Decarolis
Elaine Carleton and Doreen Dejong
Antoinette Denning
Robert and Mary Dickinson
Rosemary Diener
Sandra Dixon
Peder and Tonya Dokken
Allan Risley and Donna Donahue
Vincent Donato
Mary Donovan and Jeffrey Vogt
Dan Doran
Christopher Dorr
Linda and William Doty
Kathleen Downing
Frederick Dowsett
Linda Drullinger
Deanna Duell
Rick Duffy
David Duncan
Patricia and Richard Dutton
Michael and Vicki Earnest
Nancy Eaton
William and Lillian Eck
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Edmiston
James Edwards
Pamela and Kenneth Ehrich
John Eldredge
Susan Eliot
Annamarie Ellis
Linda and Larry Embry
Stephen Engbers
Pedro Engel
Marshall and Louise England
Daniel Engle
Robert Von Eschen
James and Marjorie Espy
Cynthia and Doug Evans
Joy Evans
Scott Evans
Thomas and Carol Evered
Steve and Judy Fallin
Richard and Mary Fanyo
Edward Farah
Tom and Mika Farer
Richard Farrell
Robert and Lori Favero
Carolsue and Donald Fenwick
Elizabeth Fergus
Thomas Fertal
Agatha Foster
Lynda Fowler
Steven Fraioli
Keith and Nan Frates
Martin Freedman
Grace Freye
Robert Frey
Bill and Mary Fritz
Bridget Gallegos
Robert Gallegos
Lyle Gallivan
Karole and William Gerner
Anne Gibson
Frank and Maria Gibson
Leon and Gretchen Giles
Edward Glasser
Michael and Barbara Goberis
B. Thomas and Karleen Goerke
William Goldberg
Andrew Goldstein
Ansel and Marilyn Gower
Edithann and Glen Graber
James and Anthea Gracey
George Graff
Jean Graham
Douglas and Elizabeth Granat
Gertrude Grant
Helen Grant
Frank and Susan Graziano
Connie Green
Debra Greenbank
Maud Greer
Jennifer and Mark Gremmert
Alice Grey
Audrey Grier
John Griffith
Twila Groen
Mark Grummon
Kylie and James Gruver
Bernard Guarnera
Bret Gunneson
Peter and Barbara Guy
William and Joann Hackos
Rich and Milly Hagan
Donald Hagengruber
Ray and Sharon Hager
Michael and Keana Hall
Roger Halligan
David and Harriet Hamilton
Carolyn and Harlan Hansen
Randall and Debra Hanson
Jonathan Hanst
Deborah and Mark Hardgrave
Kellyjane Harris
Russell Haskell
Rick Hayley
Norman and Beverly Hayworth
Wendell and Betty Hedgcock
Kenneth Heller
Philip Henbest
Scott Henderson
Douglass and Michelle Henry
Herbert Hensley
Marilyn and Edward Herrmann
David and Pamela Herz
Maybelle Hesse
Wayne Hessler
William and Jane Hewitt
David and Mary Anne Heyman
Kathie Hibbard
Larry and Pam Hicks
Mary Higgins
Dean and Margaret Hirt
Bob Hix
Judy Hodges and Peter Norton
Richard Hoffman
Carol Ann Hoffman
Kimberly and Curtis Holland
Marvin and Dolores Hollenbeck
Brenda Hollis
Michael Hollis
James Hood
Robert Horne
Michael and Esther Horst
Leonard Hortick
Gaylian Howard
Richard and Sonja Hull
Harlan and Emily Huston
Jon and Patricia Hutchens
Todd Isom and Mary Rickert-Isom
Kathy Jackson
William Jackson and
Patricia McLaughlin-Jackson
Sean Jacobs
Sharon Jacobsen
Trina Jacobson
Joseph Jaudon
William and Deborah Jenkins
Rachel Jensen
Thomas Jiron
Krista Johnson
Lynn Johnson
Mary Johnson
Bernarr and Dorothy Johnson
Ronald and Maxine Johnson
Robert and Wilma Johnson
J. Ralph and Catherine Karlberg
Robert and Maureen Keller
Jodie and Dan Kelley
Kearns and Valery Kelly
Vernon Kelso
Kristie Kemp
Shelley and Marshall Keneipp
Rakesh Khosla
James Kicker
Patrick Kieffe
Mr. and Mrs. J. Kimball
George and Margaret King
Fred Kinsley, Jr.
Bradley and Chris Klafehn
Christi and Ken Klein
Thomas Knappe
Roy and Karen Knappe
Tom Kochneff
Walter and Gene Koelbel
Timothy and Moira Kotowski
Lady Kramer
Mark and Catherine Kramer
Lee and Mary Krauth
William and Kathy Kreidler
Robert Krenz and Carolyn Grant
Joann Kruse
Albert Kulisan
Janet Kyser
Claudia Lack
Thomas and Daria Ladtkow
James Lakin
Carol Lally
Steve Lang
Carl Lathan
David Lawson
Wendy Le Merle
Alvin Leach and Karen Maruniak-Leach
Gerald Lee
Robert Lee
Fred and Marilyn Lees
Mark and Barbara Lettes
Bernard Levinger
William Lewis
Clara Li
Jim Lightner
Frank Lilly
Carl Linnecke
Sean Lindsay
Linda Liston and Keith Drummond
Michael Loehr
Jean Lones
Bethany and Chad Love
Gordon and Beverly Lowham
Hope Lowry
Leslie Lowry
James Luke
Sandra and Matthew Luoma
Lucie Lusero
Daphne Rommereim-Madden and
Sean Madden
Gregory Magruder
Pamela Maguire
Daniel and Laurie Maher
Pat Mangan
L. Jean Manion
Wayne and Sherry Manning
Paul Manoogian
Stephen Marsters
Cruz Martinez
Henry and Corrine Martinez
Amy Martin
Andrew and Mary Ann Martin
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Martin
Mary Matthews
John and Susan Maus
Brenda Mayland
Brad and Anne Maxwell
Will McBride
Gary McCabe
Maureen McCluskey and
Robert Oxenberg
Robert McConnell
Michael McDonald
Michael McFadden
Arthur McFall
Loretta McGarry
Alonza McKeel III
Larry McKinney
Linda Hubbard and Leslie McKnight
Debra Meogrossi
Robert Mercer
Tracy and Eric Merredith
Claudia Merthan
Timothy Meyers
Dominic Meylor
Dwayne Middleton
Scott and Rebecca Miller
Walter Minnick
Phillip and Karen Moeckli
Francis and Anne Mojo
Janice Monagin
Linda Moore
Steven Moore
Everett Morgan
Kenneth Morris
Robert and Michelle Morroni
Nancy Morrow
Kathleen Morson
J. Stephen Mott and
Melba Stofka-Mott
Timothy Moxness
Jacqueline Muller
John and Manuelita Mullins
John and Suzette Mullins
Dale Murphy
Douglas Murray
Patrick and Debbi Murray
Donald and Ruth Murtaugh
Thomas and Doris Myers
Hal and Elisabeth Naiman
Michael Neal
Kathleen Negri
Mary Neil
William Nelson, M.D.
Jeneen Nelson
Neil and Charlotte Nelson
Patricia Nelson Limerick
Mark and Dena Neujahr
Walter Niccoli
Susanne and Alastair Nichol
Ann Nichols
Phillip and Virginia Nickell
Jim and Julie Niziol
Maralee Nobis-Jacobsen
George Nolly
David Novick
Donald Novy, Jr.
James and Carolyn O’Donnell
Victoria and Seth Okeson
Robert Oliver
M. Osuna
Marjorie Owen
John and Eileen Owens
Lynn Painter
Randy Palomba
Holly Parker
Marilyn Parker
Toni Pascal
Andrew and Autumn Pawlish
John Peery
James and Patricia Penta
Teresa Perry
Frank Peters and Marjory Musgrave
William Peters
Raymond Petersen
Laura and Britt Peterson
James Peterson and Carol Tucker
Sandra Pettinger
Charlotte Phelps
Judy and Brook Phifer
Alida Phillips
James and Lisa Piccone
Martin and Roba Piller
William and Marilyn Plummer
Rebecca Pott
Susan Powell
David Powell
Toni Prante and Ruby Lehl
John Prentice, Ph.D.
John Price
Stephen and Suzanne Price
Robert and Constance Primus
John Priola
Daniel and Meg Quiat
Ilana Quiat
Jane Rainbolt
Jane Ramm Rerecich and
Arthur Rerecich
Luis and Lisa Nadine Ramos Toro
Celeste Ramsey
Valera and Bruce Randall
Robert Rapp
Joseph Ratkiewicz
Maureen Hendricks and
Thomas Rauch
Diane Reddin
Kenneth and Ann Reif
Robert Renfro
Darrell Reum, Jr.
Clifford Rhoad
Ray Richardson
Ron Lehmann and Hal Riedemann
Nathan Rieser
Charles and Larue Riggs
Richard and Bonny Rininger
Margretta and John Risi
Dianne Ritchey
Elyn Robinson and Tom Tromey
Kyle Roge and Terri Barylak-Roge
Eileen Rogers
Shari Roinestad
Anthony Romeo
Rebecca Rosenblatt
Tom Rouen
Jack and Lisa Rouff
Rod and Judy Ruder
William Ruffer, Jr.
Earl Rusnak, Jr.
Carla and Jose Salazar
Curt Sallinger
Doris Satur
Robert Saul
Stephen Saul
Anthony Savageau
Roberta Schade
Janet Scheevel
Marshal and Carol Scherba
Janet Schlenker
Alva Schloss
Alfred Schmidt
J. Greg and Layla Schnacke
Deana Schneider
Keith Schnip
Thomas and Leanne Scholand
Thomas and Karen Scholet
Robert Schulein
Marilyn Seeley
Mike and Liz Self
Martha Seneta
Stacey Sharp
Karen Shepard
Charles and Shirley Sheets
John and Carrie Shellenberger
Pamela Shillam
Tracy Shriver
Stanley Siefer
Helen Siert
Dr. and Mrs. Jack Simmons
Gregory and Michelle Singer
Ray and Marjorie Skeehan
Eric Skinner
Pete Skull
Troy and Carole Slinkard
Thomas and Kimberly Smagala
Paul Smith and Elizabeth Phelan
Samuel Smith
Anne Sneed
Janice and Robert Snorteland
Timothy Sokas
Jose Solorzano
Victoria Sorensen
Ronald Soule
Ronald and Donna Spence
John and Mary Spofford
David Stark
Victor Stazzone
Charles and Gerry Stees
Eleanor Steffen
Robert Stewart
Robert and Judith Stiber
David Stoddard
Jerome and Rita Stoffel
George Stokes
Dianne Stone
Edward and Thora Stone
Dorothy and Gordon Stone
Marvin and Joann Storm
Kristie and William Strickland
Joanne Sutton
Daniel and Teresa Swanson
Suzanne and Jim Swanson
Mary Tackett
Joseph and Eileen Talty
Thomas Tardiff
Sharon Tebow
Angela Tennant
Andrew Terranova
Mike Thomas
Ronald Thomas
Francis Thompson
Douglas and Linda Thompson
Julia Thompson and Ward Welles
Margot Thomson
Jack and Catherine Threet
Ken Tiffany
Leroy and Letha Tobler
Frank Tong
George Tracy
Kenneth Trenberth
Janet and John Turley
Lana and Joe Turner
Robert and Jamie Turner
Honor Ulveling
Alex Valdez
Elly Vallas
John and Julie Vanlaanen
Michele Velkoff, M.D.
Fred and Joan Venable
Wallace and Lynette Volwiler
James Voorhees
Bill Wagner
Deborah and Thomas Wagner
John Wagner
Richard Walker
Rita Walker
Jeff Ware
Angela Warner
Brenda Waters
Yaakov and K. Watkins
Warren and Helen Watrous
Joan Weatherwax
Craig Wedge
John and Lucille Weigand
Lisa Weil and Steve Zansberg
Charles Wells
Holly and Richard Welty
Dan and Cheryl Wenzinger
Catherine Wessling
Robert Westby
Jeff Wetch
Barbara Wetzel
Tiffany Hutchings and Chad Wheeler
Robert White
Eleanor Whitehurst
Patrick and Janet Wiesner
Ray and Mary Wilcox
Arthur Wilkonson
Joseph Williams
Katherine and David Williamson
David Wilson
Jeanette and Gary Wilson
Joyce Wimer
Samuel and Leigh Anne Winegrad
Richard and Alicia Wirth
William Witter
Elizabeth Thilo and Eugene Wolfel
Ann Wolford
Stephen Wollenhaupt
Margaret and Stephen Wood
William and Kathryn Wood
Perry Woolley
Shannon Woulard
Chris Wren
Frank Wright
Shirley Wright
Peter and Laurie Wronski
Julie Wyckoff
Sean and Rachel Yates
Mary Yelenick
Joe Young
Karen Zarlengo
Richard and Starr Zeder
advocacy program
Energy Outreach Colorado plays a critical role representing the interests of low-income Coloradans with the Colorado General Assembly, the Public Utilities Commission and gas and electric distribution companies. Our objective is to pursue reasonable and fair energy policies across the state.
In 2005-06, these efforts resulted in increased funding for energy assistance and energy efficiency programs and a reduction in proposed energy rate increases for residential energy consumers:
· On Feb. 3, 2006, Gov. Bill Owens signed legislation allocating $20 million in state mineral and energy severance taxes for energy assistance. This included $17 million for the Colorado LEAP program and $3 million for Energy Outreach Colorado. In addition, $4 million went to the Governor’s Office of Energy Management and Conservation (OEMC). The legislation designated an additional $7 million for energy assistance and $4 million to the OEMC in each of the next three years. It resulted in significantly increasing the average energy assistance benefit per household.
· Legislation signed in 2005 to create a voluntary energy assistance charge on all utility bills became effective in September 2006. As a result, all utility companies operating in the state have launched a program to raise funds for energy assistance. The six largest utilities allow customers to contribute on their energy bills.
· Energy Outreach intervened in Xcel Energy’s most recent electric rate case before the Colorado Public Utilities Commission and helped create a settlement resulting in a savings of $12 million for residential consumers compared to the original proposal.
· In August 2006, Denver voters approved a franchise agreement between the City and County of Denver and Xcel Energy that allocates $2 million a year in funding for low-income energy assistance and energy efficiency programs.