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Article: CITIZENS ENERGY CORP. PROMISES TO DELIVER ON FUEL AID
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- December 14, 1999
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CHELSEA - He wore jeans, a sweater, a pair of sneakers and a
smile. Filling up an oil tanker at the Chelsea Oil Terminal
yesterday, former US representative Joseph P. Kennedy II beamed like
a kid at Christmas.
For the second year in a row, since the program was reinstated
after its suspension in the 1980s, Citizens Energy Corp. kicked off
its oil heat assistance program at a press conference.
The program provides low-cost heating oil to Massachusetts
residents in need. Last winter, roughly 1.2 million gallons of oil
were distributed at reduced cost. This year, Kennedy, chairman of
Citizens Energy, expects 2 million gallons to be distributed.
"The advantage of this program is there's no red ...