DUKE ENERGY PRESENTS "SHARE THE WARMTH"

As the weather gets colder, Duke Energy wants its customers to know there are resources available to help with winter heating bills. Through its Share the Warmth program, Duke Energy has given Yokefellow Service Center $7,522 to aid qualified senior citizens, families and other customers with financial assistance. More than 80 local agencies across the Duke Energy Carolinas service territory receive funds from Share the Warmth.

Yokefellow Service Center is honored to be the recipient of these funds for Rutherford County and would encourage Duke Energy customers to make a donation to the Share the Warmth program. We see so many low income families living in dwellings that do not have sufficient insulation, do not have a sufficient heating source, and some that are heating only with small electric heaters. Trying to stay warm under these conditions is a very real challenge. Yokefellow works diligently to make the best possible use of the funds provided by donors and the matching funds by Duke Energy. Yokefellow's mission is to share the burden of Rutherford County residents in need of a helping hand.

For the past 31 years, Duke Energy employees and customers have partnered to lend a hand to those struggling to pay their winter energy bills. The company annually matches up to $500,000 in employee and customer contributions during the hearing season.

In 2016, Duke Energy, its employees and customers provided $1,400,000 in bill assistance to North Carolina and South Carolina customers through Share the Warmth. Since the program's establishment in 1985, it has provided more than $34 million in heating bill assistance.