PEI petroleum association makes contribution to oil assistance fund

The Prince Edward Island Petroleum Marketer’s Association members recently announced a contribution of 9,600 litres of heating oil to The Salvation Army Oil Assistance Program for 2014. Over the past 6 years, the PEI Petroleum Marketer’s Association has generously donated more than 40,000 litres to the program, which opens on January 14.

The PEI provincial government has allocated $121,200.00 to the program, which assists qualifying, low-income households by providing one furnace oil fill-up of up to 400 litres. For more information on The Salvation Army Oil Assistance Program in Prince Edward Island, contact Captain Jamie Locke in Charlottetown at (902) 892-2281 or Major Willis Drover in Summerside at (902) 436-6044.

In Nova Scotia, the Good Neighbour Energy Fund will open on January 15, providing home heating assistance to qualifying, low-income Nova Scotians. A program of Nova Scotia Power, with financial support from the provincial government, Good Neighbour Energy Fund is now in its 17th year.

Applications for the Good Neighbour Energy Fund will be available HERE beginning late this week. For more information on Good Neighbour Energy Fund, call the GNEF office at (902) 422-3435.