2014 15 united way bruce grey utility program

2014-15 Utility Assistance Report

2013-14 Granted: $201 183.59

Granted $100,000.00 $80,000.00 $60,000.00 $40,000.00 $20,000.00 $-

2014-15 Granted: $260 579.9

30% increase

Data represents a 12 month period from July 1st through to June 30th to better represent the issue as it relates to winter heating costs.

granted

Total grants issued in 2014-2015: 579

Previously the United Way was reporting on a standard calendar year.

Total grants issued in 2013-2014: 449 Total grants issued per utility = 579 68

85

Furnace Oil

Need can quickly exhaust the funding available.

Hydro One

92

Other*

There are no funds for Union Gas until September 2015, and no funds for Westario Power until January 2016.

A grant from the Homeless Partnering Strategy has enabled the United Way to assist Union Gas and Westario clients beyond the funding provided by the utility.

Propane 189 106 34 5

Union Gas Westario Power

Grants vs actual arrears $300,000.00

2013-14

2014-15

$250,000.00

For most of the oil, propane and wood clients, there are no arrears due to the COD (cash on delivery) of the billing practices of the involved companies.

$200,000.00

$150,000.00

$100,000.00

$50,000.00

$-

Union Gas

Westario Power

Hydro One

Union Gas

Westario Power

arrears $134,924.92

$68,785.97

$21,605.94

$169,369.72

$56,743.19

$42,666.09

granted $79,338.41

$45,119.37

$15,773.81

$91,342.86

$46,695.99

$27,331.26

Hydro One

For electricity and natural gas getting behind can lead to disconnection and loss of service.

Other than a wood stove, all sources of heat require electricity to operate.

The average income of the households is well below the provincial average (green line) and well below even the LICO range (red line) that stipulates eligibility for the program.

Average Income of Households by Service, 2015 $60,000 $49,000.00

$50,000

$40,000

$32,500.00

$30,000

$9,331

Wood

$10,997

$17,770

Oil

$16,389

$19,303

Propane

$10,000

$16,850

$19,687

$20,000

The over all average income is just over $16 000 per year

$Hydro Union Gas Westario One Power

Other

Since establishing in 1998, the United Way of Bruce Grey has processed $1.3 million in utility support for the community

Seniors 7%

Living in the home

250 200 150 100

Children 37%

Adults 56%

Adults

50

Children

0

Seniors

Adults Children Seniors

37% of those benefiting from this program are children Of the applicants to the program:

Household Seniors 10%

Single parents 23%



2 adults 15%

2+ adults 3%

Single individuals 27%

 44% are parents, 23% being single parents.

Double parents 21%

Other 1%

10% are seniors, some of whom are raising grandchildren



45% are adults either living on their own or with others



1% are a combination: a mix of adults and seniors or multigenerational households

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