UI, SCG, and CNG Award $450,000 in Tax Credits to More than 70 Local Community Organizations
Tax credit funds through the Neighborhood Assistance Act have supported energy efficiency upgrades for Connecticut nonprofits with over $4.5 million since 2010
ORANGE, Conn. — December 18, 2023 — United Illuminating (UI), Southern Connecticut Gas (SCG), and Connecticut Natural Gas (CNG) – subsidiaries of Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR) – today announced the award of $450,000 in funding through Connecticut’s Neighborhood Assistance Act (NAA) Tax Credit Program. With the assistance, more than 70 community organizations and local nonprofits served by UI, SCG, or CNG will be able to make important energy efficiency upgrades that improve the value of their energy and reduce their carbon footprint. The program is administered by the State of Connecticut through the Department of Revenue Services (DRS), and since 2010, UI, SCG, and CNG have provided community organizations with over $4.5 million through the tax credit program. Images from today's events can be accessed and downloaded HERE.
“Setting up our local nonprofits for success is one of the best ways we can support our entire community, because these 74 organizations are doing the essential work on the ground to help the people we serve,” said Frank Reynolds, President & CEO of UI, SCG, and CNG. “We are pleased to support these critical energy efficiency upgrades for their facilities as we work together to improve sustainability and energy affordability for the customers we serve.”
UI, SCG, and CNG each provided $150,000 in funding to organizations in their service area through the NAA program, supporting energy efficiency upgrades such as window, boiler, or chiller replacements for education centers and temporary housing facilities; lighting upgrades for nonprofit theatre companies, churches, and community colleges; and weatherization projects at historic houses and food pantries.
UI’s contribution supports 18 organizations, including the Connecticut Zoological Society, which received a $30,000 in tax credits for a new exterior and framing for a greenhouse at Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport. Beardsley Zoo is the only zoo in Connecticut, and UI has supported many of their programs in the zoo’s 101-year history.
SCG is supporting 26 organizations, including the Sterling House Community Center in Stratford, which received $10,000 to improve the energy efficiency of their exterior walls and windows as well their HVAC system. Employees from SCG, as well as UI and parent company Avangrid, have also donated over 60 hours of volunteer time to Sterling House.
With its contribution, CNG is supporting 30 organizations, including with $10,000 in funds to Operation Fuel to support their Hartford-based Better Homes and Buildings Program. CNG and its sister companies have supported Operation Fuel for over two decades, including with a $3.3 million donation in early 2023 to support customers during the energy supply rate increase.
“The assistance provided by United Illuminating through Connecticut’s Neighborhood Assistance Program is integral to our plans to renovate and update our greenhouse,” said Gregg Dancho, Director of Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo. “It is only with the generous support of organizations like United Illuminating that the Zoo can reach its goals. The greenhouse, demonstrating the connection between people, plants, and animals, is an important part of our conservation and education mission.”
The awardees of the Neighborhood Assistance Act tax credits are:
| Organization |
Project |
OpCo |
Project City |
| Amity Teen Center, Inc. |
Energy Conservation Project |
UI |
Woodbridge |
| Antiquarian & Landmarks Society, Inc. |
Energy Management/ Weatherization at Butler-McCook House |
CNG |
Hartford |
| Beulah Land Development Corporation |
Affordable Housing Energy Conservation |
SCG |
New Haven |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford |
High Efficiency Roof Top Units Replacement |
CNG |
Hartford |
| Branford Land Trust |
Historic Land Trust House Energy Efficiency updates |
SCG |
Branford |
| Bridgeport Caribe Youth League, Inc. |
Energy Efficient Repairs and Upgrades |
SCG |
Bridgeport |
| Burroughs Community Center |
Furnish and install energy conservation measures and HVAC Building Management System |
SCG |
Bridgeport |
| Bushnell Park Foundation, Inc. |
Energy Efficient Upgrades to Bushnell Park |
CNG |
Hartford |
| Capital for Change |
Energy Conservation Grants for Affordable Housing |
SCG |
New Haven |
| Capital Workforce Partners |
Energy Efficient Repairs and Upgrades |
CNG |
East Hartford |
| Cathedral of St. Joseph |
Energy Efficient Lighting in Hoffman Hall |
CNG |
Hartford |
| Center for Family Justice |
Expansion and Renovation Project |
SCG |
Bridgeport |
| Chrysalis Center, Inc. |
Energy Conservation Project |
CNG |
Hartford |
| Chrysalis Center, Inc. |
Phelps Village Energy Conservation Program |
CNG |
Hartford |
| Chrysalis Center, Inc. |
Hudson View Commons Energy Conservation Project |
CNG |
Hartford |
| Connecticut Association for Performing Arts (CAPA)-Shubert Theatre |
Energy Efficient Upgrades to the Shubert |
UI |
New Haven |
| Connecticut Hospice, Inc. |
Shading Patients' Rooms |
SCG |
Branford |
| Connecticut Science Center, Inc. |
LED Retrofits for Exhibit Spotlights, Interior Space Lighting and Installation |
CNG |
Hartford |
| Connecticut Zoological Society - CT's Beardsley Zoo |
Greenhouse-New Skin and Framing |
UI |
Bridgeport |
| Continuum of Care |
Batter Terrace-Energy Efficiency Upgrade 2 Hot Water Heaters |
SCG |
New Haven |
| Continuum of Care |
Edgewood - Energy Efficiency Upgrade HVAC Condensor |
SCG |
New Haven |
| Continuum of Care |
Howard-Energy Efficiency Upgrade of Hot Water Heaters |
SCG |
New Haven |
| Continuum of Care |
Quinnipiac-Crisis House-Energy Efficiency Upgrade of Air Conditioning System |
SCG |
New Haven |
| Deep River Housing Authority |
Ventilation Upgrades and Central A/C Replacement |
SCG |
Deep River |
| Discovery Museum |
Chiller Replacement |
UI |
Bridgeport |
| Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen |
Solar Panels 266 State Street Capital Project |
UI |
New Haven |
| Emanuel Synagogue |
Replace 2 Rooftop HVAC Units w/Energy Efficient Equipment |
CNG |
West Hartford |
| Epoch Arts, Inc. |
Energy Conservation Project 22-24 |
CNG |
East Hampton |
| Fairfield Theatre Company, Inc. |
Lighting Upgrades |
SCG |
Fairfield |
| Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation |
HVAC Replacment Project - Energy Efficiency |
CNG |
Bloomfield |
| First Congregational Church of Deep River |
Energy Conservation Upgrades |
SCG |
Deep River |
| FOCUS Center for Autism |
Fresh Start School - Energy Efficiency HVAC Upgrades |
CNG |
Canton |
| Gateway Community College Foundation |
Upgrade Lighting at Gateway |
SCG |
New Haven |
| Gather New Haven, Inc. |
Ferry Street Farm Improvements |
UI |
New Haven |
| Goodwin University, Inc. |
Redesign of Campus to Add Energy Effectiveness |
CNG |
East Hartford |
| Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County |
Habitat CFC Program |
SCG |
Bridgeport |
| Habitat for Humanity of New Haven |
New Haven Habitat Homes |
SCG |
New Haven |
| Hands on Hartford |
Gather 55 Café HVAC 15 Heating/Cooling System Upgrade |
CNG |
Hartford |
| Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall Corporation |
Bushnell Energy Conservation |
CNG |
Hartford |
| Housatonic Community College |
Housatonic Museum of Art LED Upgrades |
UI |
Bridgeport |
| Ida B. Wells, Inc. |
IBW Apts Energy Conservation Projects |
CNG |
Hartford |
| Institute Library (Young Men's Institute Library) |
the Institute Library |
SCG |
New Haven |
| Jewish Community Center of Greater New Haven |
Energy Equipment Restoration |
UI |
Woodbridge |
| Kensington Congregational Church |
Energy Conservation Upgrades Window and Door Replacement |
CNG |
Berlin |
| Leadership, Education, and Athletics in Partnership Inc. (LEAP) |
Community Center Repairs - Energy Upgrades |
UI |
New Haven |
| Lifelinx |
Admin/Office Energy Efficiency Upgrade |
SCG |
Guilford |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Connecticut, Inc. |
Energy Improvements |
UI |
Trumbull |
| Mandell Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center |
Energy Conservation Program |
CNG |
West Hartford |
| Marrakech, Inc. |
Window Replacement at 2 Anton Circle, Bridgeport |
UI |
Bridgeport |
| Neighborhood Housing Services of New Britain |
Energy Efficiency Improvements for Broad Street Renovation |
CNG |
New Britain |
| Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven, Inc. |
Implementation of Rehabilitated Houses - Energy Conservation |
UI |
New Haven |
| New Haven Hebrew Day School |
Boiler Replacment |
UI |
Orange |
| New Haven HomeOwnership |
I Love My Home supplemental energy grants |
UI |
New Haven |
| Operation Fuel |
Hartford Better Homes and Buildings Program |
CNG |
Hartford |
| Operation Hope of Fairfield, Inc. |
Energy Efficiency rehab for Hope Supportive Housing |
UI |
Fairfield |
| Playhouse Theatre Group, Inc. |
Energy Efficiency Show Lighting |
CNG |
West Hartford |
| Prudence Crandall Center |
Berlin - Energy Efficiency |
CNG |
Berlin |
| Saint Martin de Porres Academy |
Building Energy Efficiency Progrram |
SCG |
New Haven |
| Sam & Elizabeth Colt Industrial and Frontier Heritage Center |
Restoration/Repair of Roofs and Windows of Historic ca. 1855's Colt Brownstones |
CNG |
Avon |
| Simsbury Grange |
Energy Efficiency and Conservation at the Grange |
CNG |
Simsbury |
| Sterling House Community Center |
Energy Efficiency-Exterior Envelope & HVAC |
SCG |
Stratford |
| The Open Hearth Association |
Energy Improvements for emergency shelter serving men experiencing homelessness |
CNG |
Hartford |
| The Saugatuck Cooperative |
Senior residence HVAC infrastructure replacement |
SCG |
Westport |
| The West Haven Community House Association |
Capital Improvements to Facilities and Energy Conservation |
UI |
West Haven |
| Town of East Hartford |
Veterans Memorial Clubhouse Energy Efficiency Measures |
CNG |
East Hartford |
| University of Bridgeport |
Adding Energy Effectiveness |
UI |
Bridgeport |
| University of Hartford |
Domestic Hot Water Storage Tank System Upgrade |
CNG |
Hartford |
| Valley Shore YMCA |
Energy Conservation Updgrades |
SCG |
Westbrook |
| Wakeman Memorial Association (aka Wakeman Boys & Girls Club) |
Southport Clubhouse Energy Efficient Updates |
SCG |
Fairfield |
| Wakeman Memorial Association (aka Wakeman Boys & Girls Club) |
Smilow-Burroughs Clubhouse Energy Efficiency Updates |
SCG |
Bridgeport |
| Ward Heitmann House Museum Foundation, Inc. |
HVAC System - Energy Conservation |
UI |
West Haven |
| West Haven Child Development Center, Inc. |
Energy Efficient Air Filtration Systems for classrooms |
SCG |
West Haven |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Greenwich, Inc. (YMCA) |
Window Replacment; Building Management System Upgrade |
CNG |
Greenwich |
| YWCA Greenwich CT, Inc. |
Building Management System Replacement |
CNG |
Greenwich |
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