Operation Fuel’s Add-a-Dollar Program helps families

HARTFORD — Operation Fuel reminds Connecticut residents that they can help families keep their electricity on this summer by making a small donation through its Add-a-Dollar program on utility bills.

Operation Fuel uses 100 percent of donations to the Add-aDollar program for energy assistance.

The Winter Protection program ended May 1, and many Connecticut households could be in danger of having their electricity or gas service terminated during the spring and summer. During 2017, more than 52,000 households were disconnected.

Operation Fuel will help as many families and individuals as possible in an effort to assure that they will be safe in their own homes. Anyone who needs energy assistance should call 211.

Utility customers can add a dollar when they pay their utility bill by check or online. Utility customers who wish to donate more than one dollar, or who want to contribute automatically each month to Operation Fuel, should contact their utility company directly.

This past fiscal year, $665,387 was raised through the Add-aDollar program; $518,563 was from utility customers’ donations and $146,824 was in utility provided shareholder-matching funds.

In addition to the Add-a-Dollar program, donations for Operation Fuel can be made online at www.operationfuel.org or mailed to Operation Fuel, 75 Charter Oak Avenue, Suite 2-240, Hartford, CT 06106. Operation Fuel is a statewide nonprofit organization that provides emergency energy assistance year-round to lower-income working families and individuals, the elderly, and disabled individuals who are in financial crisis.