The Knoxville Utilities Board recently announced that it will start a program called Round It Up, while will round up customer bills to the nearest dollar and give the proceeds to a community action agency to weatherize lower income homes.

In response, TIPL thanked KUB in the following letter to the editor which appeared in the December 10, 2014 issue of the Knoxville News Sentinel:

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Tennessee Interfaith Power and Light (TIPL) is a statewide network of faith groups that spiritually responds to the moral challenges of climate change. You can learn more about us at our website: tennipl.org.

TIPL appreciates the opportunity to place into the public record the comments of TN Interfaith Power and Light on the EPA Clean Power Plan. We are most grateful that the federal government is taking action to protect our climate.

You can read the comments TIPL submitted at this link.

• TIPL will meet with Senators Alexander and Corker to encourage their support of climate protection.
• TIPL will continue to support EPA’s Clean Power Plan and work with the State of Tennessee on developing the state’s compliance plan.
• TIPL will meet with TVA board members to urge them to instruct TVA staff to provide energy efficiency programs for lower income customers.
• TIPL will support Earth Hour on March 28th.
• TIPL will provide our faith group partners a carbon fast calendar for Lent.
• TIPL will develop a recognition program for businesses, which publicly acknowledge climate change and are responding to it in meaningful ways.