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Heating Oil

Heating Oil

US Energy Information Administration (EIA)

National Oilheat Research Alliance (NORA)

Oilheat America

Bioheat

Brookhaven National Laboratories

National Biodiesel Board

Low-Income Heating Assistance

The Pennsylvania Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
Helps low income people pay their heating bills through home heating energy assistance grants and crisis grants. You need not have an unpaid bill to receive home heating energy assistance.

Energy Coordinating Agency (ECA)
A non-profit corporation, founded in 1984, whose mission is to help people conserve energy and to promote a sustainable and socially equitable energy future for all in the Philadelphia region.

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Electricity

PAPowerSwitch.com
PA Power Switch is the Public Utility Commission of PA’s outreach site to educate Pennsylvanian consumers on the deregulation of the electricity markets in PA. The site provides information on how to shop for electricity, a comparison shopping tool, and tips on conserving energy.

PECO
Electricity and Natural Gas provider for Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties.

Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate (PA OCA)
State agency that represents the interests of Pennsylvania utility consumers before the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC), federal regulatory agencies, and state and federal courts.

Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PA PUC)
Balances the needs of consumers and utilities to ensure safe and reliable utility service at reasonable rates; protect the public interest; educate consumers to make independent and informed utility choices; further economic development; and foster new technologies and competitive markets in an environmentally sound manner.

Pennsylvania's Utility Choice Program
Helps to educate Pennsylvania consumers about the benefits of competition. Pennsylvanians can choose their local telephone carrier, natural gas supplier, and electricity supplier.

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Biodiesel Distribution

Biodiesel Basics

Wikipedia's Biodiesel Article

National Biodiesel Board (NBB) FAQs

Energy Information Agency (EIA)'s Biodiesel Article

Biodiesel Facts

NBB Fuel Fact Sheets

NBB Emissions Calculator

EIA Biodiesel Performance, Costs, and Use

Sustainability

Sustainability Task Force

Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels

Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance

Sustainable Biodiesel Summit

Retail Fueling Stations

Retail Fueling Stations

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Additional Energy Resources & Information

DSIRE
Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP)
State agency largely responsible for administering Pennsylvania's environmental laws and regulations.

US Department of Energy (US DOE)

US DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

US Energy Information Administration (EIA)

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Local Cooperatives & Co-op Related Links

Green America (formerly Co-op America)
A not-for-profit membership organization whose mission is to harness economic power—the strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the marketplace—to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society.

Independents Coffee Cooperative
A group of independently owned coffeehouses focused on increasing the sale of fair-trade & organic coffee, while making a positive impact in our communities, on the environment, and in the lives of the people who produce the products we sell.

International Co-operative Alliance (ICA)
An independent, non-governmental association which unites, represents and serves co-operatives worldwide.

Kensington Community Food Co-op (KCFC)
KCFC is opening a member-owned cooperative grocery store in the Kensington area of Philadelphia. Their mission is to provide healthy, quality food, products and services to our members and the community.

Mariposa Food Co-op
Mariposa is organized according to the principles of the international cooperative movement to provide residents of West Philadelphia and beyond with access to and information about food, especially healthy, locally-grown or otherwise sustainably-produced products. Our primary activity is running a food co-op owned by those who shop there, who actively participate in its governance and operations on an egalitarian consensus-seeking basis.

National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA)
The lead national membership association for co-ops in all sectors of the economy. Our mission is to develop, advance and protect cooperative enterprise.

Pedal Co-op
A worker-run organization that offers environmentally-friendly services such as  recycling-by-bicycle to local businesses in Philadelphia.   

Selene Whole Foods Co-op
Located in Media, PA, Selene Co-op is the area's premier source of quality, local whole food products.

South Philly Food Co-op
The South Philly Food Co-op initiative was started by a group of South Philadelphia community members dedicated to establishing a place where high-quality food and products, including locally sourced and organic, can be found for a fair price.

Swarthmore Food Co-op
Started by Swarthmore residents more than 70 years ago, it is principally owned by the cooperative's shareholding customers and exists for the benefit and vitality of the Swarthmore community and the Co-op's employees. The Co-op seeks to provide a convenient, friendly and helpful market dedicated to supplying quality meat, produce and commodity goods at reasonable prices to allow for the Co-op's continued existence as a cornerstone of Swarthmore's community.

Weaver's Way Co-op
A community-owned market with two locations, Mt. Airy and Ogontz. It is the mission of Weavers Way Cooperative Association (WW) to operate a grocery-based consumer organization that is owned and governed by its members; and to build community, both within its membership and in the Northwest Philadelphia area.

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More Local Organizations

Bennett Compost
Bennett Compost (BC) is a local business providing weekly compost pick-up for residential and commercial clients. BC diverts over 100,000 pounds of kitchen waste from landfills every month and delivers the final product to community gardens, urban farmers and its customers.

BlackGold Biofuels
BlackGold Biofuels (BGB) has developed groundbreaking, patent-pending technology to convert sewer greases into biodiesel, a low-carbon diesel fuel substitute that can be used in any diesel engine without modification. BGB’s technology solves multiple major problems in the wastewater and biofuels industries, creating a lucrative renewable energy asset from a pollution liability.

   Chester County Citizens for Climate Protection
   Chester County Citizens for Climate Protection is an organization dedicated to 
   educating the community on the severity and serious consequences of climate
   change. In addition, the organization promotes actions designed to reduce
   greenhouse gas emissions in order to improve quality of life.

Greater Philadelphia Clean Cities

Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia
A nonprofit network of local triple-bottom-line businesses and social entrepreneurs. We are local business people, professionals, social entrepreneurs, investors, not-for-profit leaders, and government representatives who are committed to building a more socially, environmentally, and financially sustainable local economy.

PennFuture
Environmental organization focusing on policy, education, and legal services.  Provides extensive information on their website about renewable energy, and related resources and policies.

Waste Oil Recyclers
Offers free pick-up service of waste oils from restaurants throughout SE PA, the Delaware Valley, and southern NJ. The waste oil is filtered so it can be reused, including as a feedstock for the biodiesel The Energy Co-op purchases to help close the sustainability loop.

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