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대략의 내용은 미국에 광범위하게 진출해있는 베네수엘라 정유회사인 CITGO와 시민에너지 (NGO인 듯), 그리고 베네수엘라 대사가 휴스턴의 한 가정집에 모여서 한 파일럿 프로그램에 조인을 했다는 것. 빈민가에 전력소모가 적은 전구를 에너지 절약법을 알려주는 책자와 함께 무상으로 공급하는 것. 워크샾도 개최. 7천만 가구에 여름-가을에 걸쳐 14만개의 전구 공급. 전국 총 전구수의 1/3. 이 프로그램을 위해 CITGO는 연간 1조달러 이상 투자. 현재 베네수엘라에서 시행되고 있는 미시온 레볼루시온 에네르헤티카(Misión Revolución Energética)의 일환.
CITGO, Embassy of Venezuela and Citizens Energy Launch Energy Efficient Lighting Program in Houston
HOUSTON – CITGO Petroleum Corporation Chairman, President and CEO Alejandro Granado, Citizens Energy Chairman Joseph P. Kennedy II and Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Bernardo Alvarez joined today at the home of Houston resident Delores Smith to promote a national pilot program providing low-income households with energy efficient and environmentally friendly compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs).
In Houston, the program will distribute an estimated 140,000 CFLs throughout the summer and early fall in 7,000 households -- approximately one third of the national total.
As with the low-income heating oil program inaugurated in 2005, this initiative is a partnership between Houston-based CITGO, a wholly owned subsidiary of Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), and the Boston-based nonprofit Citizen's Energy Corporation. Together, CITGO and Citizen's Energy will provide eligible Texas households in Houston and Corpus Christi as well as nine other cities nationwide with almost half a million CFLs. The initiative will also include education materials and workshops to help inform individuals about ways they can use energy more efficiently and in turn save on their electric bills.
Working with local community groups, the program will distribute light bulbs and energy conservation educational materials to approximately 23,000 households in the pilot cities. Qualified participants will participate in energy workshops sponsored by partner organizations. In total, the pilot program has the potential to save program participants nearly $15 million and reduce their energy use by 165 million kilowatt-hours.
"I am proud that CITGO invests over $100 million annually on social programs to improve the lives of those in need," Granado said. "The CITGO-Venezuela Energy Efficient Lighting Program will save money for recipients who struggle to make ends meet while also helping these communities learn more about energy efficiency and environmental conservation."
Simple energy-savings actions like those encouraged through this pilot program can make a big difference. According to the federal government, if every American home replaced just one light bulb with a CFL, the U.S. would save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes for a year, more than $600 million annual energy costs, and prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of more than 800,000 cars.
"The most cost effective and clean energy is the energy we don't use," Kennedy said. "We are proud to partner with CITGO Petroleum to help our most vulnerable households learn ways to use energy more efficiently, and in doing so, save energy, money and the environment."
The inspiration for the program came from a similar Venezuelan Government initiative called Misión Revolución Energética.
"This program is a counterpart to our efforts in Venezuela, where more than 60 million conventional light bulbs have been replaced by energy efficient ones through Misión Revolución Energética," Alvarez, said. "It is also proof of CITGO's commitment to social issues, which goes far beyond traditional corporate social responsibility, and of Venezuela's commitment to a new progressive model of development to confront the problems of poverty and environmental damage."
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