Description: Energy Services, Inc. is to provides limited income families with the services and assistance necessary to prevent and or alleviate energy-related emergencies.
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Energy Services Inc. (ESI) was organized in 1982 as a response to the growing number of life-threatening crisis situations in Dane county. The tragic death of an elderly woman, followed by another elderly and disabled victim dying of heat stroke in the county, raised the consciousness of area residents. They were called to action to assure that those most vulnerable during the harsh winters and the blistering heat of the summer would not face another life-threatening crisis alone. This call-to-action came a
This past year, more than 267,000 low-income households — particularly the elderly, disabled and working families with young children — faced or experienced a life-threatening energy-related crisis. This past heating season alone, in its 22-county service centers, ESI provided more than 90,000 households with energy-related assistance/grants/services to support the household’s long-term self-sufficiency.
In response to declining resources and other uncertainties, the agency broadened its mission to not only increase existing public awareness of the growing energy plight faced by Wisconsin’s elderly and low-income households, but also focused successfully on fundraising initiatives on a grassroots level throughout Wisconsin.