Article: DP&L, coalition to work on home energy efforts ; The utility commits $1 million to help agencies.

DAYTON -- Dayton Power and Light Co. has committed $1 million to support efforts by community action agencies to install energy- efficient appliances and lighting, and improve insulation, in the homes of poor people as part of a long-term effort to reduce the region's electricity consumption.

Similar programs in other areas of Ohio have made it easier over time for poor and elderly people to pay their monthly electricity bills by reducing power use, said Dave Rinebolt, executive director of Ohio Partners for Affordable Energy, who signed the contract with DP&L on Tuesday, Nov. 10. That, in turn, helps to reduce bad debts that utilities incur, the costs of which are paid by all ratepayers, ...

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