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2008|2009 Sustainability Report
Strong Communities
Strong Communities
Challenges
- Encourage economic development during a recession
- Help the communities we serve through the economic downturn
Opportunities
- Use our customer and community programs to strengthen the regions we serve, including new energy infrastructure like the smart grid
- Be a catalyst to help transform regional economies for the 21st century
- Support the states we serve in their economic stimulus plans
2008 Highlights
- Offered average retail electric rates in each of our five states that were below the national average
- Helped attract roughly $3 billion in capital investment and 12,000 jobs in our service areas
- Began deployment of the smart grid
- Contributed more than $30 million to our communities