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Connecticut's Home Energy Affordability Gap; Efforts to End Homelessness

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According to a 2014 report, more than 300,000 Connecticut households struggle to pay their energy bills. In fact, the average low-income household owes rougly $2,560 more in annual energy bills than it can actually afford.

This hour, we take a closer look at the state’s energy affordability gap. Later, we also check in on local and national efforts to end chronic homelessness. 

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Event info:

Rosanne Haggerty will speak on May 19, 2015 from 8:00 to 10:00 am at an open house for the Christian Community Action’s ARISE Center in New Haven.

GUESTS:

  • Sen. Bob Duff - Connecticut's Senate Majority Leader 
  • Pat Wrice - Executive Director ofOperation Fuel, Inc. 
  • Susan Campbell - Writer and contributor to The Hartford Courant
  • Rosanne Haggerty? - President and CEO of Community Solutions 

John Dankosky, Catie Talarski, and Chion Wolf contributed to this show. 

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