WCMCAA receives grant to reduce home energy expenses
The Department of Natural Resources' Division of Energy has issued $9,493 in weatherization subgrant funds to the West Central Missouri Community Action Agency to help low income Missourians reduce home energy costs.
The West Central Missouri Community Action Agency, or WCMCAA, is one of 18 Missouri agencies that implement the state's Low Income Weatherization Assistance Program, enabling low-income Missouri families to permanently reduce their energy bills by making their homes more energy efficient. The elderly, physically disadvantaged and families with children are program priorities. Since the program began in 1978, weatherization funds have helped to weatherize more than 155,000 Missouri homes. WCMCAA serves nine west central Missouri counties: Bates, Benton, Cass, Cedar, Henry, Hickory, Morgan, St. Clair, and Vernon.
The subgrants to WMCAA include $3,822 in funding allocated under a service area agreement with AmerenUE Natural Gas, and $5,671 from Atmos Gas.
This funding is provided through agreements made in rate adjustment cases by Missouri utilities to weatherize additional homes in their service areas.
The department's Division of Energy is a nonregulatory state office that works to protect the environment and stimulate the economy through energy efficiency and renewable energy resources and technologies.
For more information, visit dnr.mo.gov/energy/
weatherization/wx.htm.