{"id":402,"date":"2020-06-19T08:14:15","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T12:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.galliameigscaa.org\/?p=402"},"modified":"2026-05-11T14:28:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T18:28:33","slug":"gallia-meigs-energy-efficiency-job-success-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.galliameigscaa.org\/index.php\/2020\/06\/19\/gallia-meigs-energy-efficiency-job-success-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Gallia-Meigs: Energy Efficiency Job Success Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Original posting can be found on the Ohio Partners for Affordable Energy (OPAE)\u00a0 website:<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em><strong>Gallia-Meigs: Energy Efficiency Job Success Story written by:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Ramond Johnson<br><\/strong><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.galliameigscaa.org\/\">Gallia Meigs Community Action Agency Website<\/a><em><strong><br>Lead Energy Specialist<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christina of Middleport, Ohio was like most individuals of the area awaiting help with heating bills from our agency. On a yearly basis, she is recertified to help stay warm. She also awaited the day when she would get her home insulated on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.opae.org\/partners-programs\/\">Housing and weatherization assistance program<\/a>. The list is long and the work is different in every home. Unfortunately, Christina had a setback. The repairs she previously had done to her furnace and heat pump had failed, causing her to stay warm with wall heating units and space heaters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Believe it or not, this is a case that happens far too often in our communities.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>People fall back on dangerous remedies because they cannot afford to properly replace failing units. For Christina, is wasn\u2019t just her furnace and heat pump. Her hot water tank had stopped working too. Luckily, the homeowner received a call from Randy Riffle the HWAP Supervisor. He wanted to do an inspection of her home. You see, not only was she struggling to keep her home warm, but she and her son also had several serious medical issues. Randy made a point to do all he could to ensure her home was done \u2013 and safe. He inspected the home and immediately called for the use of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/development.ohio.gov\/is\/is_hwap.htm\">HWAP Enhancement Program<\/a>\u00a0to get her proper heating. He then consulted with me as I am an agency energy specialist. Together, we were able to combine costs with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aepohio.com\/save\/residential\/programs\/SMARTCommunityAssist.aspx\">AEP CAP<\/a>\u00a0and HWAP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through that, we insulated the walls, sealed the ductwork, and installed vents making improving the home\u2019s air quality and making it more energy-efficient. The hot water tank was also a quick fix with just a few wiring repairs. It didn\u2019t take long to fix the issues, and now Christina and her son are living in a more comfortable, safer, and healthier environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And while our programs can\u2019t solve her medical issues, just living in a safe home relieves her suffering and mental stress. Of course, the client was happy and complimented the crew repeatedly personally and to their supervisors. Success stories like this are why our Agency strives every single day to help the community in which we live, work, and play.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-opae wp-block-embed-opae\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"GopsZrpwlP\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.opae.org\/2020\/06\/16\/gallia-meigs-energy-efficiency-job-success-story\/\">Gallia-Meigs: Energy Efficiency Job Success Story<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Gallia-Meigs: Energy Efficiency Job Success Story&#8221; &#8212; opae\" src=\"http:\/\/www.opae.org\/2020\/06\/16\/gallia-meigs-energy-efficiency-job-success-story\/embed\/#?secret=sE2Pd0Mpbo#?secret=GopsZrpwlP\" data-secret=\"GopsZrpwlP\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Original posting can be found on the Ohio Partners for Affordable Energy (OPAE)\u00a0 website: &#8220;Gallia-Meigs: Energy Efficiency Job Success Story&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[53,10,19,6,50,52,51],"class_list":["post-402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-information","tag-aep","tag-gallia-meigs-community-action-agency","tag-galliameigscommunityactionagency","tag-gmcaa","tag-hwap","tag-ohiopartnersforaffordableenergy","tag-opae","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.galliameigscaa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.galliameigscaa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.galliameigscaa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.galliameigscaa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.galliameigscaa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.galliameigscaa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1865,"href":"http:\/\/www.galliameigscaa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402\/revisions\/1865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.galliameigscaa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.galliameigscaa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.galliameigscaa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.galliameigscaa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}