This year we celebrated Public Power Week a little bit different than in past years. Over 15 RPU employees and RPU board members worked at a Rochester Area Habitat for Humanity (RAHH) home site, putting in over 40 volunteer hours. This was the first year of a new annual tradition to partner with RAHH each year during Public Power Week.

RAHH is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to build simple, decent, affordable housing for people in the community who are economically challenged.  Funding for the agency comes primarily from local, individual, church, and business contributions, and through the United Way.

Public Power Week is a week for communities to celebrate the benefits of having a public power provider. As a public power provider, RPU is very active in helping the local community through organizations such as the RAHH.

Along with providing labor to help build the house, RPU has also made a commitment to provide energy efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL’s) to the RAHH for all homes built 2009. CFL’s use ¼ of the energy that a standard bulb uses and lasts up to 10 times longer.

For more information on Public Power Week visit the APPA web site at www.appanet.org or for more information on how you can volunteer with the RAHH visit www.rahh.org.

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