The ABCD Energy Program provides help to eligible household who reside in Bridgeport, Easton, Fairfield, Monroe, Stratford, Trumbull, Westport, and Norwalk with assistance in paying their winter heating bills. One application covers all programs.
There are several programs for which you may be eligible. They are:
CEAP Furnace Repair/Replacement Program
When a heating system is unsafe or inoperable, repair or replacement is available for CEAP eligible single family homeowners. SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING.
Conservation Program
Clean Test and Tune-up services (CT&T) for heating systems are available for CEAP/CHAP households. In the case of renters the landlord must sign a permission forms for work to done. SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING.
None of these are entitlement programs.
Applicants must apply in person. A intake/certification specialist will conduct the interview and process the application. An outreach team is available to conduct home visits for homebound elderly and/or physically disabled. Call for an appointment.
Matching Payment Plan/Forgiveness
The ABCD/Energy Program partners with the Southern Connecticut Gas Company and Eversource Energy (formerly CL&P and Yankee Gas) in lowering payments for customers who participate in the Matching Payment Plan. >Eligible households are enrolled in the Winter Protection plan and are put on a monthly budget payment plan with the gas and electric utility companies during the winter months.
Clients who pay the budgeted payment amount each month can reduce their outstanding balance and maintain their service year round. The utility companies will match the payments and energy assistance benefits and deduct that from the amount owed.
Weatherization is no longer available through this agency; however, clients eligible for Weatherization may receive it through Energize Connecticut. http://www.newopportunitiesinc.org/weatherization
Energy Dept
Ph: 203-384-6904
Fax: 203-382-9515
ABCD Energy (Main Building)
1070 Park Avenue
Bridgeport, CT 06604
203-366-8241
ABCD Norwalk
149 Water Street, 2nd Floor
Norwalk, CT 06854
203-838-8110
ABCD, Inc.
1070 Park Avenue
Bridgeport, CT 06604
Phone: (203) 366-8241
Fax: (203) 394-6175
ABCD Norwalk
149 Water Street, 2nd Floor
Norwalk, CT 06854
(203) 838-8110
Dr. Monette Ferguson,
Executive Director
Action for Bridgeport Community Development Inc. (ABCD), a 501 (c) (3) non-profit agency was designed as the anti-poverty agency for the Greater Bridgeport Area in September of 1964 by the Office of Economic Opportunity. The agency aims to work with people toward the eradication of the "paradox of poverty in the midst of plenty in this nation." ABCD presently servers over 35,000 individuals annually through its broad range of services in a six-town area, covering Bridgeport, Easton, Fairfield, Monroe, Norwalk, Stratford, Trumbull, and Westport, Connecticut.
ABCD’s sole mandate is to assist the underserved. ABCD concentrates its efforts and resources on identifying and eliminating the causes of poverty rather than only dealing with its effects. ABCD’s actions are directed towards promoting appropriate institutional change and enabling the underserved to become self-sufficient contributors to society
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