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Article: Elm City to benefit from cheap heating oil
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- New Haven Register
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- February 6, 2006
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Venezuela providing 4.8 million gallons of fuel at 40% discount
New Haven has joined a growing list of cities and states accepting
discounted home heating oil for the needy from the government of
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr. and the Citizens Energy Corp.
announced Sunday a deal that will provide 4.8 million gallons of oil
discounted 40 percent to some 24,000 low-income families statewide,
including 4,000 in Greater New Haven.
DeStefano brokered the deal by connecting Citizen's Energy Corps
and the Venezuelan government with the 12 Connecticut agencies that
disburse federal and state heating assistance.
Recipients of the federal Low Income Home Energy ...