Show Grant money available for home winterization Information has just been received by the Utah Basin Association of Governments that special funds for insulating and winterizing homes of low income families will be available immediately Through the cooperation of the Federal Energy Administration and the Community Services Administration the grant monies can be used to purchase necessary materials to insulate homes and help qualified families to lower fuel consumption consumption con and costs The program is national in scope and designed to help individual families save money as well as the National Emergency Energy Conservation Conservation Conservation Con Con- Program achieve energy saving goals LOCAL LOC REVIEW panels are being organized in three basin areas Vernal Roosevelt and Duchesne to facilitate the purchase of materials and evaluate applications to determine what work can be bedone bedone bedone done and when Specific program guidelines have been developed to fairly distribute the funds that the maximum number of homes can be win win- ed at the necessary minimum standards The Ine 1 he primary goal of the winterization project will be to furnish materials to qualified low income families and depend heavily on volunteer support for any labor needs PROGRAM guidelines stipulate that 90 percent of all grant monies must be used for materials and only 10 percent can be used for travel equipment equipment equip equip- ment administration record recordkeeping recordkeeping recordkeeping keeping etc None of the money can be used for any type of rehabilitation work but efforts will be made to cooperate with local housing authorities to coordinate projects ts wherever possible Interested families should call Marge Clark at or Phillis Farnsworth at or Ralph Jaggi at ENERGY SAVERS The The International Energy Agency has figures on which countries countries coun tries have been the top energy conservers conserver for Cor the last few years While the US U.S. has tae cut energy use uee by 1233 we rank but ninth out of 17 countries surveyed Topping the list i. i The Netherlands with a 2096 20 reduction record |