Bluffton Today - Energy (PURC)

By Sarita Chourey at sarita.chourey@morris.com or (803) 727-4257

A universal service fund to help people retrofit their homes, similar to the state’s program for telephone service, would help, said Sue Berkowitz, director of the S.C. Appleseed Legal Justice Center

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“It’s got to be not income tested, it’s got to be available to everybody, and it’s got to be a loan program you can market,” said Couick, who also noted that co-op consumers are 50 percent more likely to live in poverty. Otherwise, he added, “It’s going to be viewed as energy efficiency welfare.”