我们对社区的影响
Sharing our energy with the communities we serve through charitable giving, 拓展和员工志愿服务.
We are privileged to serve natural gas and electric utility customers in our eight-state footprint. Giving back to those communities is part of our history, 我们的文化, 并有望成为我们的遗产. We continuously strive to positively impact the lives of every person, 业务, and organization in the towns and cities we all call home.
Providing safe and reliable energy every day is what we do, 除了这个承诺, our employees make a meaningful difference in the communities w在这里 they live and work.
We are proud to share this summary of our community impact activities.
发球次数超过1.34 million natural gas and electric utility customers in 800+ communities across eight states, our direct economic impact included charitable giving, 赔偿近2亿美元,900名员工, 特许经营费用, 向供应商付款, 和财产, sales and use taxes paid to our communities.
We know that by giving back in our communities, we are helping build a stronger and more vibrant society. At the same time, volunteers benefit by finding a sense of purpose and meaning. 超过760名员工花费超过31,000 hours sharing their energy while volunteering with hundreds of community organizations.
We supported the work of economic development organizations and chambers of commerce working to strengthen our communities. 2023年，我们的投资超过 $651,000 to aid this development that fuels our local 业务es.
布莱克山关怀中心
We all use energy to heat our homes when it’s cold and keep the lights on when it gets dark. Making the tough decision between paying for energy or feeding your family is beyond challenging. 随着需求的增加，捐赠也在增加. 去年, 我们的澳门金沙登录援助项目, 布莱克山关怀中心, 帮助超过4人,600 families through partnerships with two dozen agencies throughout our service territory.
We match our customers’ and employees’ contributions to 布莱克山关怀中心 dollar-for-dollar, 总共筹集了将近697美元,去年有1000万.
作用中的能量
联合劝募协会承诺
去年, we benefited 45 统一的方式s across our eight states including over $495,000 in employee pledges plus a 25% match from 布莱克山公司. 基金会.
慈善捐赠
Included contributions and sponsorships to nonprofits, chambers and economic development organizations, 统一的方式, 澳门金沙登录援助, 实物捐赠, 奖学金, investments in 树 and the social impact of employee volunteer hours.
慈善捐赠
捐款和赞助
Our charitable impact included contributions and sponsorships for nonprofits, chambers and economic development organizations, 统一的方式, 澳门金沙登录援助, 实物捐赠, 对树木的投资, as well as the monetary value of our employees’ volunteerism.
近2美元.3 million was invested by our state utilities and the 布莱克山公司. 基金会 in the great work of hundreds of worthy local organizations and nonprofits.
Spreading Positive Energy in our communities
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