Horizon Utilities in the Community

Horizon Utilities employees attended the Share the Warmth launch in January 2008 at the North Hamilton Community Health Centre. Share the Warmth is a registered, not-for-profit charity that purchases heat and energy on behalf of families, seniors, terminally ill and disabled persons living at or near the poverty level. arrow down

On January 22, Horizon Utilities, in co-operation with the City of Hamilton Social Services Department, participated in the 2008 Share the Warmth launch at the North Hamilton Community Health Centre. Share the Warmth is a registered, not-for-profit charity that purchases heat and energy on behalf of families, seniors, terminally ill and disabled persons living at or near the poverty level. Share the Warmth provides services to the City of Hamilton to administer their utilities arrears assistance program.

In 2007, Share the Warmth assisted over 600 of our customers by providing almost $150,000 in funding.

Horizon employees support Share the Warmth in a fundamental way; they link customers in need to the programs that are available to assist them. In addition, we distribute a bill insert to 210,000 residential and small commercial customers to raise awareness of the program among those in need. The insert also provides an avenue for our customers to make donations to assist with the program in their community.
For more information, visit www.sharethewarmth.org

Horizon Utilities helped Mohawk College start the school year off right with a $50,000 cheque to acknowledge the college's energy-saving lighting retrofit. arrow down2

Representatives from Horizon Utilities went back to school in September to award Mohawk College with a $50,000 powerWISE® incentive for a lighting retrofit project that transformed its Fennell Campus. Mohawk converted more than 8,600 fluorescent lights to newer, more energy-efficient technology. Mohawk College proudly projects that these changes will reduce energy consumption by more than 974,000 kWh annually and result in over $123,000 of savings each year.

Horizon Utilities donates energy-saving conservation kits to Good Shepherd Centres and Community Care

Horizon Utility employees deliver energy conservation kits to the Good Shepherd Centres in Hamilton arrow down3

On April 3, our powerWISE® Owl, accompanied by Horizon Utilities employees, donned his Easter bonnet to donate 100 energy-saving conservation kits to representatives of Good Shepherd Centres in Hamilton, and 100 kits to representatives of Community Care of St. Catharines & Thorold. The kits were distributed to food bank clients to help them lower their hydro bills. The conservation kits included four compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs), an energy-efficient night light, and an energy conservation handbook.

"By using the conservation tips included in our energy conservation handbook and by installing compact fluorescent lights, the savings are significant. For example, if food bank clients who receive the kit install the four CFLs in areas where lights are used most often, they can save $50 on their electricity bill over the course of the next year," said Eileen Campbell, Vice President, Customer Services.