Feb 2, 2021
CHARLESTON The Public Service Commission of West Virginia has authorized Appalachian Power Company and Wheeling Power Company to use approximately $13 million of the remaining Fresh Start Funds to provide assistance with paying electric bills for residential customers suffering from severe financial problems due to the COVID-19.
In 2018, the Commission ordered utilities operating in the state to investigate the financial impacts resulting from the 2017 Federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. APCo/WPCo earmarked $15 million of those savings to establish the Fresh Start Fund to provide financial assistance for the electric bills of low-income West Virginia residential customers.
“The financial impacts of the pandemic on APCo and WPCo customers are ongoing and unprecedented,” said PSC Chairman Charlotte Lane. “Although the Fresh Start Fund was initially created to assist low-income customers, none of us could have predicted where we find ourselves today. Many of our f
Despite having different cultural backgrounds and experiences Indigenous composers with an Indigenous mentor, and a pianist descended from Anglo-colonial history it is nevertheless possible to create a project that can serve as a focus for unification and strength.
In our instance, the trigger was a relic of the past. Specifically, an historical object made at a time of great significance for Australia: a square piano built around 1770, housed in the keyboard archives of the School of Music at ANU.
Its place of manufacture was Alsace in western Europe, a small body of land that has at times been claimed by Germany, at other times by France. The disputed nature of the territory serves as an ironic parallel to our project.
Despite having different cultural backgrounds and experiences Indigenous composers with an Indigenous mentor, and a pianist descended from Anglo-colonial history it is nevertheless possible to create a project that can serve as a focus for unification and strength.
In our instance, the trigger was a relic of the past. Specifically, an historical object made at a time of great significance for Australia: a square piano built around 1770, housed in the keyboard archives of the School of Music at ANU.
Its place of manufacture was Alsace in western Europe, a small body of land that has at times been claimed by Germany, at other times by France. The disputed nature of the territory serves as an ironic parallel to our project.
Dec 22, 2020
From left, Melissa Uber, past WCA Foundation board member, fund donor and corporate sponsor to the foundation, discusses the newly published annual report of WCA Foundation with Brigetta Overcash, executive director, and Megan Barone, director of development of UPMC Chautauqua and WCA Foundation.
Submitted photo
WCA Foundation’s annual Donation Days to raise funds in support of UPMC Chautauqua has expanded in a few new ways.
The Gratitude and Giving Campaign highlights the actions of the foundation and specifically some of its more actively supported funds. It also is including solicitation in support of the Staff Assistance Fund created this year to pass on community donations to the frontline workers of the hospital who helping in the fight against the COCID-19 pandemic. This year the Gratitude and Giving Campaign bridges year-end and new year giving to accommodate those who have specific donation patterns for tax purposes.
December 10th, 2020 By David Knox Make a commentFiled under: News,
ABC held the first in a series of Arts Summit with key leaders of the Australian arts community in Sydney yesterday.
ABC Chair Ita Buttrose indicated ABC would increase its support for the arts in 2021, including a new weekly arts program and new collaborative project, ABC Artsfest.
From 1 January, ABC TV Plus (rebranded from ABC Comedy) will also showcase art and culture content in primetime, including documentaries and live performances.
“No one has been immune from the impact of COVID-19, especially the arts sector, which was one of the first sectors shut down during the pandemic,” Ms Buttrose said.